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Among the battlegrounds Canadian soldiers have toiled and fought, Vimy is aptly the location of Canada’s largest war memorial, symbolic of the selfless exploits of Canadian soldiers. The Battle of Vimy Ridge awakened nationalism and pushed the country out of Britain’s shadow, while other battles such as those of Passchendaele and Somme were counterproductive, leading to fruitless sacrifices that deflated Canadian morale and a costly stalemate that created internal and external rifts for Canada,…

Does Haig Deserve the Title ‘The Butcher of the Somme’ Throughout this essay I will be discussing wether Douglas Haig deserves to be called “The Butcher of the Somme” or wether he could be considered a hero to the first world war. Some have said that he was a top British Military leader who led Britain to many victories, however others think that the title “The Butcher of the Somme” is more appropriate. The word butcher meaning to slaughter something in itself is horrible, however this was the…

Throughout Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, which is placed in World War One, it is evident that the German soldiers frequently dealt with loss. In various scenarios, Paul Baümer, the protagonist, is faced with loss, whether it is the realization that they have lost their youthhood and innocence, or whereas in many situations where he experiences his fellow comrades die and evokes emotions of sadness and woe. However, it is not the singular notion of loss that affects them,…

The plan was simple, practically unbeatable, and a sure win for the Allies. Nothing could possibly allow it to fail. The Battle of the Somme was a complete military blunder when the fight broke out on that dreadful July 1st morning in 1916, to when it ended on November 18th, 1916. Despite the fact that the French needed relief from the German’s at Verdun, the Somme Offensive was only supposed to be a short battle. What it turned into was a mass killing of numerous troops on both sides of the…

The political and social aspects of World War I applied and affected the lives of the characters, who were soldiers from the book. During World War I, there were many changes and continuities that change the view of the war in general, yet many continuities that sadly, the soldiers had to face. Some changes that occurred were the new technology and its development during the war. Also, as the war continued, education and knowledge had less and less value to the citizens, especially to the school…

Ernest Jünger’s memoir Storm of Steel details his experiences as a German officer on the Western Front during World War I. Jünger eagerly volunteers for military service and is deployed in 1915 to a reserve unit in Champagne. Throughout the course of the war, Jünger works his way up through the ranks until he becomes an officer. He fought hard, was impressed only by soldiers’ bravery and in the end won an award for his efforts. His first person narrative painfully depicts the harsh realities of…

the scars the soldiers face seem to be insurmountable. The weather conditions for World War I and Vietnam War was tough for the soldiers and made the wars more difficult. WWI was cold and miserable. Erich Remarque in “In All Quiet on the Western Front” states how a World War I soldier describes his thoughts on how his dying, friend’s boots…

The Battle of Passchendaele, or the Third Battle of Ypres, was a campaign fought in World War I by the Allies, namely the British Empire and France, and Germany. The campaign began on 31 July 1917, lasting until 6 November of that year, when Passchendaele fell to the Allies. Its impetus can be found in the long-term background preceding it, such as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the alliance system, the Schlieffen Plan, and trench warfare which resulted in a war of attrition; as…

10/7/16-10/10/16 (Shenandoah National park experience) One the way- I’m on my way to Shenandoah National park that is in Virginia. I plan to stay for three days at one of the cabins in the park. It’s only 75 miles away from the bustle of Washington D.C. I hope that we get two do a lot of cool things like hiking and I hope to learn a lot more about it than I already know. I did a little research on my own to figure out what are the basics of the park, why it is a national park, and the usual…

World war II was devastating for those irreproachable people that were sadly in it. By how unfortunate brave acts sorrowfully ended their valuable lives. In A Separate Peace, World War II had innumerable ups and downs for Devon students. Especially if they're going to be in the war at the end of their high school year. The war has been far-reaching in A Separate Peace in populous ways, how the characters react to one another, finding what’s in the real world and their decision-making skills to…