Second Battle of Ypres

The First World War was the first conflict that had a truly global reach. It was also one of the most deadly, with 35 million casualties, of which 14 million were killed. It was a brutal war of attrition with thousands of soldiers killed and seriously wounded every day; indeed, the true casualty numbers are very difficult, if not impossible, to comprehend for those of us who were not actually there to witness the carnage. It was also a war of technology and of invention. The science of killing…

course of World War One, the inclusion of fighter aircraft, chemical weaponry and armoured tanks resulted in dramatic changes to military warfare. Fighter aircraft affected the way the war was fought due to the large role they played in late WW1 battles and because they provided a new way of combat. Chemical weaponry’s effect was largely psychological and because of the need to protect soldiers from its effects, preventative technologies were developed and refined. Tanks became a major…

In many wars, the innovation and experiments created and conducted by science for the welfare of people were used to wreck the enemies in the war. World War I introduces assault rifles, advanced cannons and planes to the combat zone. Be that as it may, the most damaging weapon of World War I was designed in DeKalb, Illinois in 1874 to help cows agriculturists keep control of their herds. Joseph Glidden, the farmer from Illinoi invented a useable type of security fencing subsequent to seeing a…

participated in the first Battle of Ypres” (Britannica). “After his father’s retirement from the state of customs service, Adolf Hitler spent most of his childhood in Linz, the capital of upper Austria” (Britannica). Three days after the coup, which is also known as the “Beer Hall Putsch,” failed, Hitler was arrested and tried for high treason (Biography). “Although he spent much of his time away from the front lines, Hitler was present at a number of significant battles and was wounded at…

trench and took a long drag from my cigarette. In the background I could hear the German artillery start their daily barrage, the newer men cowered at every shot, but I not did for I was accustomed to this terrible sound of death. For it was my second year in this god forsaken continent. I reminisced back to before the war and the good times I had on our little farm in Saskatchewan outside of Yorktown and my childhood in England. We left when I was five in 1900 in order to have a better life…

Biological terrorism, known as bioterrorism, is becoming an increasing danger to Western civilization. The possibility of terrorists obtaining extremely dangerous chemicals is rising alarmingly fast. In a biological attack, many people are likely to die or get extremely ill within the first few minutes, whereas in a normal bombing or shootout, fewer would be killed, and in a less inhumane manner, even though all forms of terrorism are unacceptable and will not be tolerated without any…

that “army authorities on the Western Front continued to prosecute, convict and execute war-traumatized neurotics until the Armistice in November 1918.” One such case was that of Lance-Sergent Walton who was court-martialed due to his desertion near Ypres, France in November 1914. Although Walton presented evidence to support his claims that he deserted due to mental confusion and not by his own volition, he was executed by firing squad on March 23rd, 1915. Another such case was that of…

Flanders Fields, as describes the conditions of a field hospital during the Second Battle of Ypres, he writes as follows: The general impression in my mind is of a nightmare. We have been in the most bitter of fights. For seventeen days and seventeen nights none of us have had our clothes off nor our boots even, except occasionally. In all that time while I was awake gunfire and rifle fire never ceased for sixty seconds… And behind it all was the constant background of the sights of the dead,…

the war and created a powerful defensive base, with systems trenches and soldiers who controlled machine. British and French forces attacks on Vimy Ridge had previously failed, resulting with thousands of casualties and an unsuccessful attack. The Battle of Vimy Ridge started at 5:30 a.m. on Easter Monday, April 9, 1917. It was the first time where all four divisions of the Canadian Corps worked together as one formation. As the 20,000 Canadian men attacked, they had precise line of artillery…

When the Soothsayer warns Caesar, he says, “Beware the ides of March” (Shakespeare 1.1.18). In this paper, it will talk about the history of Julius Caesar and what he was like, along with the background of Brutus, and the similarities and differences between them and the modern day Julius Caesar, which is Joseph Stalin, and modern day Brutus, which is Hitler. This will also mention the background of Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. While Flavius is talking to the commoners he asks, “What,…