A letter from the trenches Grade 9 Humanities - Assessment Task AOI: Health and Social Education Imagine you are a soldier fighting in the First World War in 1915… Your character could be in the trenches on the Western Front as: British‚ French or German soldier a native conscript from one of the colonies in Africa or Asia a volunteer from a commonwealth ally like Canada or South Africa Alternatively‚ your character could be: a German or Russian soldier on the Eastern Front a Turkish
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Factors of WW1 The First World War‚ was a war centred in Europe that began on 28 July‚ 1914 and lasted until and ended on 11 November‚ 1918. One of the major event in the human history which was fought mostly by soldiers in trenches but later introduced the machine gun‚ poison gas‚ tanks and other weapons into battle which also helped humans to advance the technology for destruction of each other. Human curiosity and creatives ideas that helped us to be more civilized like industrialization
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Core Study: WW1 1914-1919 War on the Western Front Reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front Expectations * Each major power believed war would be swiftly won-“over by Christmas” * Poets such as Rupert Brooke romanticised war as noble‚ romantic and character building * Duty and patriotism were key features in 1914 The Schlieffen Plan If war was to occur‚ Germany would be attacked on both sides by the Triple Entente. The aim was to deal with the larger threat France
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fought in the trenches? Life in the Trenches There was nothing glamorous about trench life. World War 1 trenches were dirty‚ smelly and riddled with disease. For soldier’s‚ life in the trenches meant living in fear. In fear of diseases (like cholera and trench foot) and of course‚ the constant fear of enemy attack. Trench warfare WW1 style is something all participating countries vowed never to repeat and the facts make it easy to see why. Photo- British troops sitting in a dug out trenches in WWI.
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trench. Maxim’s invention was one of the most deadly devices introduced to the war. “A battle that typifies WWI is the battle of Somme that started on 1 July 1916. On this day masses of British infantry went “over the top” to break through German trenches between the Albert-Bapamue road and Gammecourt‚ France. The British lost 600‚000 casualties on that one day‚ mostly caused by machine gun fire.”1 World War I technology was far ahead of using fuse detonated cannons but the idea of mass concentrated
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Although it irritated and caused me stress‚ I would rather hear that than hear the faint cries of young innocent soldiers as they fall to the ground. This war is horrendous. Never in my life or any other person’s life has seen something so frightening. For most men‚ it felt like torture. It was like you were guaranteed to die. The life here is gruesome and terrible. The trenches‚ which we spent most of our time in‚ have become the worst place to live in. It is a small dug out in the ground
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that turned into a lie. It’s disgusting. There’s not much to eat around here‚ so I eat lice and the rats that I can find. I haven’t taken a shower in over two weeks. I wish I was home right now wrapped up in that warm blanket you made me. These trenches they have us in are so small. It seems like everything around me is crammed up. Maybe it’s just me. You know how claustrophobic I get sometimes. It’s horrible here. Every day‚ every hour‚ one of the friends I had made here at this war is gone. Their
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years.Many thought when it started in the summer it would last until christmas. During world war 1 millions of soldiers and civilians died.There was tension between countries and there was tension between people living in the same country. One can trace the major causes of World War 1 to imperialism‚ alliances and militarism. Although‚ Imperialism was one of the most important causes of WW1. Because countries such as Britain was colonizing Africa‚ India and other countries‚ other countries such as
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conflict they were to be involved in and people were eager to enlist in a war that they thought would be over by Christmas. -Soldiers were persuaded to fight through propaganda (posters/information) which was used to make them believe that fighting in the war would be amazing. This was a lie. In reality‚ the war was horrible. -Soldiers fought in the Trenches. The trenches were infested with rats‚ frogs and lice. Living condit -Fought from 1914-1918 and between Germany and England/France/Belgium
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winning glory.” -> Very ungentlemanly war‚ trenches – chemical weapons. New weapons‚ like tanks‚ subarines and weapons of mass destruction. No room for bravery or chivalry when using these types of weapons. “Lions led by donkeys.” Submarines made it possible to destroy the enemy‚ without actually endangering yourself. Trenches meant unsanitary conditions‚ where diseases flourished‚ and so many died of disease if they did not die in the trenches‚ like the Spanish flue‚ typhus etc. The
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