Trench

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,…

world most terrible weapon was the reason battles were won by the Canadians. To Continue, After a massive crater was opened during battle that could allowed the Germans to win. What was left of the soldiers who were in charge of manning the firing trench “also were defending the crater” to ensure that they did not lose it to the germans (159). The soldiers who stopped at nothing to hold the crater in order to hold back the Germans displayed an enormous amount of courage to save the day. Finally,…

Weapons and Technology of WW1 World War I was called “the war to end all wars;,” however, it didn’t end anything. World War I was the biggest war anyone has ever seen in their time. Some countries were crippled, and some countries were strengthened, the same can be said of families. Over 38 million people died during this horrendous conflict, most of these deaths were civilians. Philippians 3:13 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what…

like hags, we cursed through sludge” (lines 1 and 2). At this point he reveals that the soldiers were in a trench. From the start of the story, it already paints an unpleasant picture. Readers can see that war is unpleasant, which is what Owen was showing. He reveals that the men are sick, stuck in a trench, and were miserable because of it. During the War, it had another name called Trench Warfare. As soon as the men try to advance on the enemy, a machine gun would mow them down, causing a lot…

(The Trenches of WWI) The trenches of World War I helped the army stay protected from enemy fire, but they had to deal with dead bodies, rats, cold water and minimum food. Most dealt with trench foot and many lost feet and toes. For food they had tea and dog biscuits and not much meat except for rats. History thinks that the war was wasteful, but it was really a thought out system. Exhaustion, low reserves, and huge loss of life on both sides made both them realize the defensiveness…

written account by Hulse to an account recorded publicly in the newspaper presents the differences and similarities between the two. Hulse’s description of how the Christmas Truce of 1914 began involves four Germans leaving their trench and coming towards the British trench on Christmas morning. The Times also reported on the events of the Christmas Truce of 1914 but their account of how the event began differs from Hulse’s account. The Times article “Letters From the Front – Christmas Truce –…

in The Great War (WW1) World War One was the first war that involved nations from around the world. Life in the Trench was tragic. Most of the action took place in the trenches. Soldiers spent an average period of eight days in trenches, where they are consistently under threat of attack from shellfire, snipers and diseases. Majority of soldiers experienced Trench Fever. Trench foot was another medical condition that appeared due to the unhygienic condition of trenches. Luckily, as…

declared a state of emergency because of the North Korean guerrilla attacks. We got a command to hide ourselves around the area that the North Korean soldiers might pass. I and my co-soldier dug a trench to hide in a forest; our mission was spending five nights in the trench and watching the vicinity of trench. At the first two nights,…

they would be fighting a face to face war that had swift victories, but the reality was digging trenches and fighting from great distances. The men were faced with the horrors of trench life with medical issues such as Gangrene also known as Trench Foot and the after effects of chemical warfare. The horrors of trench life were filled with death in or out of the trenches. The training provided at the beginning of the war was inadequate for the emerging technology at the beginning of the war.…

battle strategy and technologies. The innovative battle strategy that resulted in the development of new technologies was trench warfare. Trench warfare was a relatively immobile tactic that consisted of armies digging trenches opposite each other with a large expanse of land in between called no man’s land. Essentially it was the immobile and long distance characteristics of trench warfare that led to the…