Marianas Trench

November 26, 1915 The trenches are shallow in some areas and steep in others. The communication trenches are filled with flowing brown, muddy water. Us men are saturated with mud from head to foot and for this reason I hope the weather takes a turn for the better. There has been gun fire over head today but we have not been very involved. I’m sitting here pondering the reasons for why it is that we are fighting this war. If it had not been for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand…

that was responsible for slowing an enemy advance into the trench, carry out sentry duty (night watch for two hours) or relieve a front line (done around every four days but can take several hours). Soldiers didn’t get much sleep, only at night and in the afternoon and only for one hour at a time before being woken up to do more chores. During the day and sometimes at night men are constantly exposed to sniping, shelling, gas attacks or trench raids due to the closeness of the trenches.…

Trench in Batstone Cpt. Jackson “Jackal” von Hoffman, Pvt. Morris Devante , and Pvt. Jim Baker were in their fox hole snow cover the ground and trees were lay all over from German artillery the fox hole was watching the line Jackal was one the .30 call in their foxhole. “I hate Germans right now I would be a t home with my family and friends inside near the fire. About this time we would have had a nice warm diner that didn’t come in a can, and not having to worry about Krout artillery…

Our soldiers had their heads held high and they were all so excited for the battle, but the first experience of trench warfare had brought horror upon all of us. The first sight of the trenches showed that they were in the worst conditions and didn’t give privacy. The officers had told us that these “ditches” were going to remain as our homes for the rest of the war. These “worse” conditions were proved as we remained in the trenches for numerous days. It was the home where we were going to live…

All Quiet On The Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque is set in World War I in Germany, where Paul Baumer, a nineteen year old soldier, is assigned to the frontlines. The book tells the story of Paul on the battlefield, his time in the camp where he stays with some of his old classmates, when he is on leave, and in the hospital. Paul tells stories of the horror of the war and how it changed him forever. The author, Erich Maria Remarque, who’s real name was born on July 22, 1898 in Osnabruck,…

The major ‘bump in the road’ of this objective was that an advance would only be very short. Attacking soldiers would find themselves to be be amongst others fighting in an enemy trench system. As early as 1915 british leaders came and decided on a plan that would include large artillery barrages that would intend to dismantle enormous sections of fixed defenses and destroy enemy barbed wire. For example in the Somme these new tactics…

Dear Mother and Father, Last time I talked to y'all, I was in a trench on the battlefield, and now I am in a hospital in France. It all started out when I was in the Firing Trench, which is the first trench on the battlefield and is right behind No Man’s Land. It is 45 yards in front of the Cover Trench, and it is where we fire at the Germans. The trench has a dugout, duckboards, and firesteps. In the dugout, all the soldiers ate, slept, and rested before battle. Since there were so many people,…

Trench warfare was a distinct part of World War I in 1916. It also greatly changed World War I as it wasn’t like anything anyone had ever seen before. Before the war, there was a hundred years of peace. Because it was so peaceful, many men actually wanted uprisings to take place and wars to break out to bring them some form of action. They did not know what they were asking for though. World War I brought a shock to everyone as it not only affected the way people thought of war, but also greatly…

Although the novel is written in the third person omniscient, the beginning of the novel is described in a childish manner, as if the audience is experiencing and observing things through Rosemary’s lens. Thus, the French Riviera is seen with beauty but with naiviety. The illustration of the Riviera is vividly romantic and stunning. Color imagery is dominant in the opening lines of the novel. Among all the colors used to paint the setting of the novel, different hues of pinks and red come out.…

Paul Baumer, a man who enlists with the German army with his fellow classmates in the time of World War I, and is the narrator of this story. The name of this story is called All Quiet On The Western Front and the authors name is Erich Maria Remarque. The German recruits all think that they could acquire metals and honor quickly; on the other hand though they figure out that it is not the case at all. The team has a terrible experience all together being a part of the war. The first enduring…