Trench warfare

War has become a natural part of life that every generation will have to deal with. The way people will view war will be dependent upon society. Society during World War I sold young boys a dream about what war was going to be like. They would be able to prove their masculinity, women would love them and that they would be heroes to their country. In reality war was going to be tougher than they ever imagined. With technology being introduced into the war it made it harder for soldiers to become…

Parts of the German trench line were successfully assaulted, and now provided shelter for the front line troops. On the conclusion of the first day, the officers understood they needed to drastically change their artillery tactics. The first thing the British demanded were…

Introduction Wilfred Owen joined the army in 1915, where he fought on the Western front, experiencing shellshock. Owen developed his war poetry by getting inspiration from Siegfried Sassoon who was a poet himself. (bbc.co.uk) Rupert Brooke was also a soldier who fought In World war 1, but did not experience it fully, due to his death in 1915, when the war was not over at all. Through the poems of Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke, form, structural devices, figurative language, and sound devices…

Envision yourself being a soldier in the Civil War. You get shot in the leg and it is absolutely impossible for you to be able to survive without help. In the midst of a battle that rages on, often senseless, a woman works relentless to help the wounded and dying. The woman bends to treat another wounded soldier when a stray bullet passes through her sleeve and slaughters the soldier. The nurse was Clara Barton; a woman who works on, undaunted. For taking these actions, she is a heroic and stout…

Saints and Soldiers tells the journey of American soldiers Deacon, Kendrick, Gould and Gunderson after they escape the invasion of German forces during World War II. While walking, they meet British Sergeant Winley, who has possession of crucial intelligence and needs to get back to the Allied Command Center. They trudge for miles and eventually find a house where a mother and daughter live; they are given food and a place to stay until the Germans attack the home. The next morning they flee,…

The Dangers of War Many know of the dangers of war, soldiers come back injured, civilians are hurt, and much is lost. In “The Sniper”, Liam O’Flaherty tells a story of these very threats in which a young sniper is eager to participate in a civil war in Dublin, Ireland. The soldier constantly encounters danger wherever he goes. As he faces the battle, he gets hurt and experiences the effect of the war because in the end, it turned him against his own brother. This short story illustrates the…

Dear Mother & Father Fromelles, France I am alive, but barely. Yesterday, we attacked at Fromelles. It was shambles, we must have lost more than 5,000 to those Fritz. I swear our commanders are bloody idiots. I’m writing to you from a cold, wet trench somewhere in the North of France. But do not worry, Mother, for I am safe, although my best mate, Thommo was killed by artillery. One second he was there, the next second he wasn’t. The war is not what they make it out to be back in…

Christmas Truce I smile. For the first time in my few weeks here, I smile. I run to look over the steep, mud wall of the trench and through the dirtied barbed wire. Men from both sides of the ravaged field are walking towards each other. Not towards the onslaught which usually comes with an expedition to No-Mans’ Land, but towards each other with open arms. I hoist myself over the trench wall, I have always expected going over the top to be the last moments of my life. It still could be, but…

What do you think could account for Paul’s negative point of view? I think that one of the largest factors would be the loss of a close friend or relative. Having someone that you are close to can help you keep your sanity in warfare. But this is in fact, a double bladed sword. If something happens to that person, such as they get wounded and must leave you to get treatment, you are left alone. Usually you would blame yourself, saying that you could have saved them. This mental…

World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Pall Mall Tennessee, the third of 11 children, as a youth he became an expert marksman in the back woods around Pall Mall. In 1917 he received a draft notice to fight in the war, to which he wrote on the back of the notice 'don’t want to fight' and sent it back to the local draft board. The board rejected his refusal to fight and he was sent off to basic training. After basic training he was assigned to the 82nd Division where they…