Trench

of trench life, portrays his artistic ability to effectively illustrate his ideas for the…

that was responsible for slowing an enemy advance into the trench, carry out sentry duty (night watch for two hours) or relieve a front line (done around every four days but can take several hours). Soldiers didn’t get much sleep, only at night and in the afternoon and only for one hour at a time before being woken up to do more chores. During the day and sometimes at night men are constantly exposed to sniping, shelling, gas attacks or trench raids due to the closeness of the trenches.…

new weapons, and updated military ideas had an advantage. During the course of the war soldiers barricaded themselves in trenches. The networks of trenches were protected by barbed wire and machine guns; this method of warfare in known as trench warfare. Trench warfare made it difficult for soldiers to try to infiltrate the enemy’s trenches. However, the British created a solution to this problem on September 15, 1916, when the first armored vehicle…

”(WW1-Technology and trench warfare 2009). The first Tank offensive had been successful in the fact that they had scared the Germans, and that they had not been disabled immediately. As a trial though some were disappointed. Concerns that were raised included the fact that “the view slits were too thin to be able to see much while moving, and they were targets for enemy gunshot; and the exhaust made too much noise and the heat could have set alight the fuel tank” (WW1-Technology and trench…

The First World War, began in July of 1914. It did not end until July of 1923 when the final peace treaty between Turkey and the Allied powers was signed. Throughout the course of the war, everyone was impacted. For soldiers life in the trenches was unbearable. Factory workers were constantly forced to work under harsh conditions and in dangerous situations. Refugees who tried escaping the terrors of war in their homelands were faced with even more challenges when trying to find safety in new…

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque is a story about the lives of a young group of German soldiers who fight on the French front during World War One. The book is narrated by a young man named Paul Baumer. Paul and several of his friends enlist into the army right out of high school due to the moving patriotic speeches by their schoolmaster. However, at the front lines they learn that war is nothing like they anticipated. Through the viewpoints of these characters Remarque very…

rain, and the men and I were knee deep in a brown pool of water, muck and other things I care not to think of. The air reeks of decay and waste, corpses are everywhere; of men, cows, and rats. Artillery echoes in the distance, a further part of the trench must be being shelled. The nights are long and sleepless, filled with repairing barbed wire, scouting the area between us and the enemy which we call no man 's land, and just doing general repairs. Any effort of sleeping is during the day, yet…

character Paul Baumer, a German soldier who fights in the infamous Western Front during WWI while truly questioning if the war is worth fighting. Paul and his comrades face the disgusting conditions of the trenches as they risk infectious diseases like “Trench Foot” and rat infestation. Baumer is also faced with the deaths of his own comrades and friends and the effects that it has on him. Paul also witnesses the dark effects of power and the lengths in which people…

ways due to the different kinds of new technology that was used. One of the most important technologies would be trench warfare, in which the soldiers used the trenches in the forefront to protect themselves from the barrage of gunfire, while the trenches that were in the rear were used for storing items they might need such as medical supplies, as well as being used for getting rest. Trench life might have been a safe haven so to speak but was dreadful for soldiers. They were muddy and smelled…

This is Ryan writing from the trenches of WWI. We are occupied daily with the harsh conditions that we have to call our homes. Head lice in this place is spreading quickly. Everyone I know has a case of serious itch and are crawling with lice. The weather has been variable the last few weeks. The grayness of the clouds and the monotony of the sky perfectly exemplify our attitude to keep fighting. The humidity in the air lets you know to prepare for the rain storm in the near future. The rain is…