First Battle of Ypres

and Ypres, in December of 1915. The colourless gas had soldiers within the trenches violently suffocating. Hence, during the war in the trenches, Phosgene is responsible for about, “ 85% of all gas-related fatalities, in World War 1 resulted from phosgene and disphosgene, which were both used to fill artillery shells.”Along with chlorine the most commonly known poison gas is mustard gas. Likewise, it was introduced by the Germans in the Ypres trenches on July 12, 1917. Mustard gas is an irritant…

EXPLAIN THE EXTENT TO WHICH TECHNOLOGY INFLUENCED THE COURSE/OUTCOME OF THE GREAT WAR “The war is going to be won by inventions.” -British Admirable Jacky Fisher, 1915 Technology influenced the course and outcome of the Great War to a significant extent. It can be defined as machinery and devices developed from scientific knowledge. Technologies used in the war included artillery, toxic gases, tanks, aeroplanes, ships and submarines. Effective artillery was an obvious prerequisite for both…

considering that he spent nearly half of his days at headquarters well behind the front lines. He fought in the First battle of Ypres, the battle of Somme, the battle of Arras, and the battle of Passchendaele. He received a nice little wound at the battle of Somme. An artillery shell exploded in the dispatch runner tent and a piece of shrapnel hit him in the thigh. He was awarded the iron cross first and second class for bravery, and the black wound badge. He was blinded for a short time in…

"The First World War was Canada's education in the art of being a sovereign state, and it was a very good times to learn" (Dyer, canada.com). During World War 1, Canadian soldiers entered the war be association as one of Great Britain's colonies. Many Canadians were part of the war effort. The troops were strong and fought hard, gaining a reputation of being formidable soldiers. After the war, a representative from Canada, Prime Minister Borden, was allowed to sign the treaty of Versailles, and…

back to life proved to be her second miracle. Moreover, Mary’s third and final miracle was to make herself appear in an abandoned church on a battlefield to a wounded soldier. While Dunstan was in Passchendaele, Belgium fighting in the Third Battle at Ypres, he became severely injured due to shrapnel. He had to crawl through the mud into the ruins of an old church. Suddenly a flare dropped in front of him and illuminated a statue of the Virgin and Child, where Dunstan saw the face of Mary…

Before the First World War started, Canada was known as a colony of Britain, and just that. Nobody took them seriously and many thought they had no impact on the war, which they soon proved to be wrong. The Canadians entered the war as a colony of Britain, but left as a proud nation as a result of their contribution in the war. The war was the bloodiest conflict in Canadian history, with around 61’000 casualties, however battles such as Ypres, Somme, Passchendaele and Vimy Ridge…

explosive warfare to break through the German front lines. We lost about four thousand men, yet we were very successful and managed to take over Vimy Ridge with ease. Unlike the Battle at Somme, we were extremely successful and that led to Major-General Currie to become the first Canadian Commander. He is to lead us in our next battle at…

The European experience of WWI was a unique and different because it was the first war that really brought the whole entire world on every single front. WWI was a new and unique experience because it was very devastating from the trench warfare on the west, constant moving warfare in eastern Europe, propaganda, and the effects the war had on the world through its many fronts. The thesis of rites of spring says a crucial movement in modern history and consciousness. Eksteins main argument…

guns also saw action in the Second World War, during which some were modified by the Germans into anti-tank guns with limited success.” I find this weapon interesting because it outshines the machine gun during war and the nickname It got during the battle with the Germans had intrigued me very much. The “Devil Gun” something both fascinating yet very deadly during the…

Mustard Gas, in World War I, was called the King of Battle Gases because it caused more battle causalities, as in injuries that took them out of the war and some deaths, than all of the other chemical agents used in that Great War (Everts, n.d.). This synthetic agent had an innocent beginning but rapidly became something the world rallied around to ban due to its harmful effects. In 1886 Victor Meyer first discovered the harmful effects of (ClCH2CH2)2S or what would later become known as Mustard…