..............................04 How awful was daily life for soldiers in the trenches?…………………………………………………......................................10 Why was defending the Ypres Salient so difficult?………………………………………………….......................................15 Why was the Battle of the Somme such a disaster?…………………………………………………......................................17 Personal Research on the Graves and Memorials of Soldiers…………………………………………………….....................................0 Conclusion
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I have heard that the trenches smell of the rusty musk of dried blood and rotting flesh I am also very nervous for I fear that I may never return to my General to thank him. Tweet 6 After experiencing the trench and making it out alive my message back home would be: "Never think
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Diary Entries: Harold Henry Abbott Enlistment: 10th March 1915 I can not believe I have actually done it. I have officially enlisted myself to fight for Australia in the war two days ago‚ it still quite has not sunken in what I have done. To be quite honest I was reluctant in my mind to do it at first. Reason being is I am quite comfortable back home with my job of being a Brushmaker. But I knew that if I did not enlist myself my family would have been delivered a white feather. Which is symbolic
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did the new technologies of WWI affect soldiers fighting on the front lines? Please include at least three examples of new technologies in your answer. Chemical warfare is one example of new technology. World War 1 was the beginning of chemical warfare. Gas masks were used to protect soldiers from poisonous gasses such as chlorine and mustard gas. These gasses could burn‚ blind‚ or even kill anyone who came in contact with them. Artillery is another example. WW1 introduced many new automatic weapons
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the steamboats. Many of the soldiers were unrecognisable. My thoughts went out to my little brother who had been so excited to enlist‚ but it wasn’t the case anymore. I had heard one of the captains talking about the thousands of men who had already lost their lives to the Turks upon arrival. Although‚ we are told the war is to end by Christmas. This gave me a sigh of relief‚ knowing that I would only have to endure this for the following seven months. The soldiers that were continuously pouring
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In the Trenches In literature sensory imagery is used to evoke emotions in the reader or to bring the text to life. In his essay‚ In the Trenches‚ Charles Yale Harrison does so by descriptively retelling his experience of fighting in World War I. As I read the vivid narrative‚ images were wrought in my mind. The writer’s use of sensory imagery was not only astonishingly effective in drawing out emotional response‚ but also in bringing the story to life. The visual imagery he utilized in the
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The trenches are brimming with water and our boots are soaked. The trenches are full with vermin‚ and many of the ashes of the fallen have been pushed aside‚ and though it haunts me to open my eyes and see the dead staring back‚ there is nothing I can do. I have decided to shave my head due
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1914 a terrible year for me. July 20th 1914 I woke up‚ got out of my bed and went down to the living room mom and dad where up listening to the radio. Mom looks very sad I didn’t want to ask her what was wrong because I was scared I wouldn’t like it‚ so I waited for her to tell me on my own. I went and sat down with them when all the sudden mom said that daddy had to go off for a little while I asked why and she told me that he had to do his duty by serving in the war. My eyes filled with tears I
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outline the life in the trenches for the soldiers. The characteristics of trench warfare are that it was a static war due to the impregnability of a side’s frontline once trenches were dug. Within these trenches‚ soldiers lived and often died in conditions that began as horrendous‚ but as the war progressed the trenches developed into a comfortable living space. Often the soldiers were not alone as they lived alongside large rats and lice. For the soldiers in the trenches‚ there was a constant smell
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Introduction : Siegfried Sassoon’s poem‚ Suicide in the trenches‚ successfully demonstrates conflict during a world war through its form‚ meaning and structure. a STEP-UP analysis clearly reveals the conflict conveyed in this poem. Subject matter: the poem is about the depression of a young soldier. The depression of this young soldier before he commits suicide is clearly displayed in the poem. At the start of the poem‚ the image of a happy‚ young‚ and perhaps rather naïve boy is placed before
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