Trench

afternoon, but with the soldier 's hard tread upon the heel. It recalled to me that, bad as we were, we were yet not the worst circumstance of his return. When we had lifted the yoke of our embraces from his shoulders he would go back to that flooded trench in Flanders, under that sky more full of flying death than clouds, to that No-Man 's-Land where bullets fall like rain on the rotting faces of the dead.”[81] ________________________________________ The Return of the Soldier highlights three…

mortals by God. The monotonous sound of raindrops thunder down on the helmets of the soldiers and echo like bullets. The thick floor of mud squelches beneath my feet as I struggle to march on. The repulsive stench follows me along the corridors of the trench; it overpowers my mind and causes the young recruits to spew endlessly, adding to the vile concoction of blood and sweat that my dead comrade’s lie immersed in. The deafening explosions of mortar over No Man's Land pierce my ears and dirt…

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…

In the first letter a man named Dick is writing home to his mother explaining to her what has happened in about the last week. He explains his time waiting in the trenches for the artillery to commence on the Germans. He then explains that when they push forward that they are met with machine guns firing at them. Some get hit with shrapnel but that was the least of their worries. He says how it was terribly awkward for him since he was untouched when the mere boys serving with him had it much…

Trench was considered caused bad reputation for the Weimar Republic because of its gruesomeness and offensiveness. Another aspects that made this works controversial is because the painting lacked any heroic elements and seems disrespectful towards the military’s reputation (Gutbrod and Dix 2010). Kolnische Volkszeitung predicted that this works will always find many enemies since it represented the most gruesome picture ever painted (Crockett 1992). A lot of media criticized this works because…

World War One was a time where violence, terror, and heavy bloodshed were the only words fit enough to describe the destruction happening in those years. One German painter, Otto Dix, witnessed all of these things, first hand, during his volunteered service in the German Army from 1915 until being discharged in 1918 due to a neck injury (“Otto Dix”). From his experience in the war, watching many soldiers be physically destroyed, and others, including himself, be mentally broken down into tiny,…

The Origin of the Tank The first tank ever created was built durin World War I in repsonse to many issues caused by trench warfare, which brought with its creation, a new era of mechanized war. When first produce tanks were slow and know to break down often, tanks greatly improved by the time World War II started. Development during World War I began with the Allies. France's first attempt was to create a machine to clear away the large amounts of barbed war that was strewn about the…

When I first heard about the upcoming war I was excited and ready to enlist as you remember. It’s all different now. I’m in the front line of the trenches. I have seen many of my friends and acquaintances drop dead next to me or running across no man’s land. The German’s are ruthless, some men have been scorched to death because of the German invention, flamethrowers. I can’t sleep. Not because of shell shock, like most of the other men, but because the general is always ordering me and two…

Zach Taylor English 10B Jennifer Atwood Period 5 Battle of Verdun “Four days and four nights - ninety-six hours - the last two days in ice-cold mud - kept under relentless fire, without any protection whatsoever except for the narrow trench, which even seemed to be too wide. I arrived with 175 men, I returned with 34 of whom several had half turned insane” (French captain, 1916). The death and suffering of the First World War were unlike anything that had happened before its time.…

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…