Trench warfare

The invention of the tank during world war one completely changed how countries knew how to fight. Tanks are able to move through rough terrain and destroy anything in its path. Tanks are mobile, strong, and extremely sturdy. The idea of the tanks came from a development of a farm tractor in the fourteen hundreds. Many armies wanted a mobile vehicle that could clear large gaps and could go through difficult terrain. They also didn't want to use traditional wheels.Tanks were and are still are…

World War 1 shattered the innocence of many people. The constant shelling, trench warfare, and death left many people broken and with shell shock. Robert Graves was no exception. In his book Good-Bye to All That, the war makes him lose his respect for the cowardly English authority. His religion goes with him to the trenches but was one of the fatalities. Finally, his secrecy and embarrassment of private matters become his ammunition and never return after they leave his gun. However, a value…

World War One: Battle of Somme’s Influence of further developments in Weaponry and Tactics Contents: Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Weapons Used in The Battle of the Somme.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Strategies used in the Battle of the Somme………………….………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 How the Battle of the Somme influenced World War 2………………………………………………………………………………………… 4…

their friends. They now see that they all might not make it home. The company is caught in a bloody battle. Men are blown apart, limbs are blown off the bodies, and rats ate off of the bodiesThey also had to deal with the filthy conditions of the trench warfare. Paul feels that he must become non-human in the battle, only trusting himself. After the battle, only thirty-two out of eighty men were still alive. Their attitudes are now starting to change from positive to negative due to the…

importance of morale historically in relation to war and the influence of alcohol as a necessary means of readying oneself for battle, "Rum was an institutionalized and regimented part of the ritual of enduring the war. Throughout the history of warfare, soldiers from all nations have used forms of stimulants, including drugs and alcohol, before going into battle. For some men these were as necessary as the weapons they carried.” The infamous battle of Passchendaele is one example of the…

declarations spread throughout Europe. This war lasted four years and was fought on every ocean and on almost every continent. World War I changed the future of wars forever with the first use of more advanced equipment, the first and last use of trench warfare, and the transformation of the United Stated into the largest military power in the world. The new advancements in technology around the 1900s proved quite useful between 1914 and 1918. With the use of machine guns, chemical weapons,…

skillfully trained. The snipers did not just shoot from far away. They also shot close-up. Another thing used in World War I was trench warfare. The soldiers were able to get close up to their enemies by using trenches. They would get close up to their enemies and wait until the right moment to shoot at them. Before doing this, the snipers would learn about their enemy’s trench systems and routines. They would take notes on when the targets might be present in a certain area. Poisonous…

The life of a soldier in World War One was one filled with death, destruction, and atrocity. For many, the reality in which they existed proved too much for what one person could handle. A soldier often returned a different man, both physically and psychologically. In Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road”, the main characters Elijah and Xavier are subjected to this reality. In contrasting the different personalities of Elijah and Xavier, one can demonstrate how war is experienced by individuals in…

"The Somme set the picture by which future generations saw the First World War: hapless soldiers; blundering obstinate generals; nothing achieved." -A.J.P Taylor One of the ways the Battle of the Somme had significance in World War One was the attritional wearing down of the German army. The war took a turning point in 1916, up until then some kind of peace could have been reached and an agreement made, this all changed in 1916. Instead of trying to break through each other’s lines the armies…

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…