Marianas Trench

Doug Burris was made corporal, promotions are rapid over here.” The letter from Sgt. Reid to his father is an example of the rapid rate in which men become casualties, and therefore why their morale could easily be lowered through the daily grind of trench…

knows something about. World War one was a war that was fought in several different ways, but trenches were used for a majority of the war. Trench warfare is a concept of war. It is a way of having an offensive and defensive tactic combined into one. Trenches were not first used during world war one but they have been used throughout the history of war. The way trench warfare was used and expanded during world war one by the allies, is a concept that was developed and improved upon throughout…

Musicians often use their songs as a vehicle to make cultural or political observations. A persistent trope in modern music has been the anti-war song. Often when a song’s message strikes a certain cord, is so powerful that its message is perennial, other artists will issue their own renditions — covers. Eric Bogle’s“The Green Fields of France” is one such song. This is a song that has been covered by everyone from The Clancy Brothers to the Dropkick Murphys, always maintaining its serious and…

World War 1 was time in our history that changed our lives forever with all the things happen at this time. In the war there were many military tactics to try to beat the other country, they used guns, machines, and even bombs. A military tactics are the science and art of organizing a military force, and the techniques for combining and using weapons and military units to engage and defeat an enemy in battle. The guns used in the war were very different in what the military uses today. Some of…

were a horrible place to fight and live in during the war. Most of the trenches were filled with water and mud, some were filled with the dead bodies, and others were filled with millions of rodents and bugs. All the men here in the trench are as disgusting as the trench they are in. The hurt soldiers had inflamed and infected wounds. The trenches were the place where you will most likely die of getting infected. The worst place to be in the war were the trenches because it was a disgusting…

Have you ever heard of the largest trench in World War I? Well it is called the western front. Trenches such as the western front are very important, especially during World War I. There are many topics under the western front, such as structure, Christmas 1914,the results, how terrible the trenches were, and protection. Have you ever thought about the structure of the western front? They built the trench zigzagged. It took them a long time to build it; in fact, it took them two years…

Advancements in Medieval Warfare; The Trebuchet Throughout the Middle Ages, the art of warfare progressed, and siege warfare was introduced. Many new weapons were created along with the introduction of siege warfare, one of them being the trebuchet. This weapon was developed in the seventh century and used until the fifteenth century. Trebuchets worked by flinging objects over fortress walls and destroying both the fortifications and people at the same time. As many weapons there were both…

After fighting in Belleau Wood for twenty six days we have finally pushed the Germans back! It is honestly a surprise that I survived the whole ordeal for we suffered heavy losses. Before coming to France I thought the war would be an adventure but it is anything but an adventure. Belleau Wood is a horrific place. We basically fought from tree to tree, going from one stronghold to the next. While we waited for the machine fire to die down I was preparing for the next charge. With each charge…

The Storm of Steel Though it was first believed to be an end to the war, the Battle of the Somme soon became one of the world’s bloodiest military battles in history. The Battle of the Somme was Britain’s first large offensive in World War I, and resulted in millions of deaths within a period of four months. Author Ernst Junger, The Storm of Steel: From the Diary of a German Storm-Troop Officer on the Western Front, was not only a soldier in this battle, but a very respected officer. In his…

and risking lives for their country but living in places where you get bad trench conditions including trench foot and fever, have pests which bring diseases and steal your food, have health problems and not able to treat them as there isn’t much aid for everyone to be treated. The Australian Troops who lived in the trenches had to suffer the deafening sound of canon fire and the artillery but also many illnesses such as trench fever where they get a very high temperature, constant diarrhoea…