Trench warfare

jungle of Vietnam that was the “Khe Sanh War”. Jimmy stared at his rifle hopelessly; his spirit was gradually being chipped away by the humid, muddy and mosquito infected environment. He watched with sorrow as several of his mates fell back into the trench, their legs destroyed, heads exploded and blood pooling around them. It was horrific. He looked up and saw the dark gloomy sky. He watched until he recognized that past the clouds,…

In the late summer of 1914, train stations all over Europe filled with millions of enthusiastic young soldiers heading to the most glorious war. But within weeks, the excitement and glory was crushed by the horror and death, brought by dangerous new machines of war. This new great and powerful war was what is now called World War One. WW1 began as a local disturbance in Southern Europe and it eventually spread into a worldwide. The western war front took place mostly in Belgium and France. It…

enemy is shelling the trench I’m sitting in. The enemy has been shelling us sporadically for the past several days. The enemy will shell us for several hours, then stop and then resume the shelling later. Heavy shelling has left the area surrounding the trench pock marked with craters. Rainwater has filled many of the craters. Everything is dirty from the dirt that was kicked up from the explosions of the shells. Some sections of the barbed wire line in front of the trench are mangled…

A month has now passed on the front lines of the U.S. Army. Dwelling in my compact tent, I think about you both daily. I miss you two so very much. I have been dying to talk to you about my adventures and misadventures, however there has been little time because of the drills. Since we did not have drills today, I decided it was a good time to share the events undergone so far in this letter. I experienced many amazing and terrifying events since going into battle. The chaos all started one…

Headline: Soldier Single-Handedly Takes Out Two Enemy Machine Gun Squads Like most days, C.R.S. spent his day patrolling on foot through the hilly regions near Kandahar. C.R.S. had joined the military as a sniper, and he spent most of his time abroad. During his overwatch, his group was responsible for tracking suspicious activity. According to the latest intelligence reports, there were enemy combatants somewhere in the area. As C.R.S. was continuing his routine patrol, the sound of…

The Battle of Somme The battle of Somme was a major battle in WW1 on the German western front. It lasted from July,1st 1916 to November,18th 2016. It is commonly known as one of the bloodiest battles of WW1 and one of the most futile war efforts. It was also fought on the Western front of Germany. Location The battle was fought near the Somme river in the Northern region of France The river’s upper basin was the scene of heavy fighting and was the location of the battle of Somme. Trenches were…

Most popular images of World War I show soldiers in muddy trenches and dugouts, living miserably until the next attack. Technological developments in engineering, chemistry, and optics had produced weapons deadlier than anything before. The power of defensive weapons made winning the war on the western front all but impossible for either side. Airplanes, products of the new technology, were primarily made of canvas, wood, and wire. At first they were used only to observe enemy troops. As their…

World War T Two years ago on a small farm in northern Ohio, lived a farmer, and his 401 turkeys. He had raised them since September, to be sold for Thanksgiving this November. It didn’t take long for the turkeys to realize that they are being raised to die. Every day they thought about ways to change their future, but none of their ideas were good enough. But one day a turkey whose name was Tim came up with an idea, They would escape their coop by digging under the chicken wire with a plastic…

than I could have ever imagined. The bottom of the trench is always about two feet deep of mud. And it isn’t just regular mud. It acts similar to quicksand. If you step in it, your foot immediately sinks and it takes a very great effort usually at least two men to get out. I got stuck in their two times and it wasn't fun. We get a meal once a day and at night it tasted awful I can’t wait to get home and taste your food. Soldiers come up to the trench silently to give us food and if he’s caught,…

rifle against the edge of the trench, he fired into no man’s land. Bullets whistled over his head; he ducked below the trench, loading a new cartridge with shaking hands, his mind numbed…