Over 6,500 lives were lost on that one single day, with many wounded. The carnage was great, bodies lying everywhere, weapons smashed, soldiers personal effects scattered across the battlefield. A Pennsylvania solider wrote in his diary, “No tongue can tell, no mind can conceive, no pen portray the horrible sights I witnessed”.…
In this essay I will why gallipoli is more significant than the somme. I believe that Australia's involvement in any war does not and will never receive comparable recognition. I believe this because Gallipoli is the most recognized war from Australia's history and most well know and many people would not know about the other battles that Australia participate in, in World War 1. Australia did not contribute as much to the Somme war.…
Battle of the Bulge, a battle that will be known forever in history as Adolf Hitler’s last stand. It all started on the morning of December 16, 1944, where Hitler ordered his massive offensive line to attack the wide spread of American soldiers with heavy artillery. Across 85 miles were six divisions of American troops, three divisions of which were new and inexperienced, while the other three divisions were experienced, but older and tired. This played a factor in the German offense as they sent out 2,500 tanks and 18 infantry divisions to kill and destroy the American line of defense. The Germans called this “Operation Autumn Fog.”…
Also Haig’s achievement in the 100 days war seems not to be recognized enough for the achievement. Historians explain how ‘it was Haig’s army which bore the brunt of the fighting,’ and that how that it was Haig’s military plan and leadership which caused this. Some sources believe that most historians ignore this event and ‘concentrate on 1916 and 1917.’ Secondly, there is evidence to say that Haig failed as a leader and military adviser, and does not deserve a statue in his honour. Many Historians believe that Haig was a ‘butcher’ who led thousands of innocent men to unnecessary death.…
Wars inevitably cause immense human suffering, but the suffering in World War I for soldiers and civilians alike was especially traumatic and unbearable. What is there in Clapham’s account that may explain this phenomenon? (June 19, 1915, 341). Clapham’s account displays not only the physical trauma resulting in debilitating physical effects, but also severe and everlasting emotion trauma. By Clapham’s tone in this writing, the events he is seeing do not appear to be abnormal, he appears to witness these traumatic and unbearable experiences every single day.…
In World War 1, 234 out of 1,252 British generals were either killed, taken prisoner, or wounded in combat. That is 20% of all British generals, which means that a large chunk were not only in the battlefield, but also injured in some way. This does not account for un-injured generals in the battlefield either. The truth to the fact at hand is that sometimes, a soldier perception becomes their reality, and their experience dictates what they believe. Another difference that the author includes into the book, Generals Die in Bed, is the sinking of Llandovery Castle.…
In the summer of 1917, British forces launched a strategic offensive campaign near the town of Ypres, Belgium, against the German Army resulting in approximately 200,000 dead German Soldiers, and nearly 300,000 dead British Soldiers. The British aimed to relieve the worn-out French forces already in place, and then take possession of the areas above the plain of Flanders, mainly the city of Passchendaele and its surrounding areas. The result was a sound beating of the British forces by the German forces, with the British having to be bailed out by other Allied Forces, largely French and Canadian, in order to even come close to achieving the original objective. This was the third battle of Ypres, officially known as the Battle of Passchendaele…
At the battle of Jutland in 1916 during the First World War, the Royal Navy did not succeed to annihilate the German main fleet. After the War, the dispute about the cause to the unsuccessful result of the battle grew up and lead to the so-called Jutland Controversy in 1920s. In the controversy, John Rushworth Jellicoe, commander-in-chief of the British main fleet at the battle, was naturally a focus and his command at the battle was criticised. This paper examines the relation of Jellicoe to the controversy. Jellicoe was very cautious in his command and did not put his fleet at risk to gain a decisive victory at the battle of Jutland.…
this battle was the bloodiest day in human history and we should never fight and kill our own on the massive scale that this battle…
He was generally unprepared but wanted to gain victory, by overpowering the numbers of men; even with the large numbers of casualties on the first day, Haig allowed for the Battle to continue, even though he did not gain land and did not get any advantage. The phrase “lions led by donkeys” was not so much of a fair description of the Battle of the Somme; it was a bit too harsh. The soldiers may have felt bossed around, but seeing that they were inexperience civilians who volunteered, made it seem like Haig had a reason to come up and boss them around telling them what they had to do and sending them to their deaths. The generals, soldiers and commanders were all just trying to do their best to win victory and…
For some men these were as necessary as the weapons they carried.” The infamous battle of Passchendaele is one example of the “hellish” and “horrific” battles that would be fought by Canadian troops, and certainly eroded the morale of men during the duration of July to November of 1917.…
In the Battle of the Somme, the tank wrecked havoc and launched utter chaos throughout the battle. The Allies used all of their tactics and strength to the best of their ability to win the war. Both sides suffered a gruesome number of half a million casualties just from the Battle of the Some alone. This bloody and atrocious war was the most ugly battle in World War I. The Allies were able to use the tank slightly more to their advantage as it proved to be effective and crucial during the Battle of the Somme.…
It is here, Snyder argues, that the vast majority of casualties, approximately 14 million non-combatants between 1933 and 1945, (Snyder 411), in and around the Second World War occurred. The text offers a unique standpoint,…
This is limited because it is given from the perspective of someone who was foreign to the conflict and was not invested in the war as those from Great Britain or…
Did you know that within the first day of the battle at Somme over 57 thousand Britons died? This was only one small battle that occurred during World War One and only a small fractions of the lives lost in the war. World War 1 was a battle between the allies: Russia, France, Great Britain and the U.S. and the Central Power: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy that started in 1914. The war lasted four long years. There were many events that are thought of as being the cause of the war.…