Warm front

The political and social aspects of World War I applied and affected the lives of the characters, who were soldiers from the book. During World War I, there were many changes and continuities that change the view of the war in general, yet many continuities that sadly, the soldiers had to face. Some changes that occurred were the new technology and its development during the war. Also, as the war continued, education and knowledge had less and less value to the citizens, especially to the school…

Ernest Jünger’s memoir Storm of Steel details his experiences as a German officer on the Western Front during World War I. Jünger eagerly volunteers for military service and is deployed in 1915 to a reserve unit in Champagne. Throughout the course of the war, Jünger works his way up through the ranks until he becomes an officer. He fought hard, was impressed only by soldiers’ bravery and in the end won an award for his efforts. His first person narrative painfully depicts the harsh realities of…

the scars the soldiers face seem to be insurmountable. The weather conditions for World War I and Vietnam War was tough for the soldiers and made the wars more difficult. WWI was cold and miserable. Erich Remarque in “In All Quiet on the Western Front” states how a World War I soldier describes his thoughts on how his dying, friend’s boots…

The Battle of Passchendaele, or the Third Battle of Ypres, was a campaign fought in World War I by the Allies, namely the British Empire and France, and Germany. The campaign began on 31 July 1917, lasting until 6 November of that year, when Passchendaele fell to the Allies. Its impetus can be found in the long-term background preceding it, such as the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the alliance system, the Schlieffen Plan, and trench warfare which resulted in a war of attrition; as…

10/7/16-10/10/16 (Shenandoah National park experience) One the way- I’m on my way to Shenandoah National park that is in Virginia. I plan to stay for three days at one of the cabins in the park. It’s only 75 miles away from the bustle of Washington D.C. I hope that we get two do a lot of cool things like hiking and I hope to learn a lot more about it than I already know. I did a little research on my own to figure out what are the basics of the park, why it is a national park, and the usual…

World war II was devastating for those irreproachable people that were sadly in it. By how unfortunate brave acts sorrowfully ended their valuable lives. In A Separate Peace, World War II had innumerable ups and downs for Devon students. Especially if they're going to be in the war at the end of their high school year. The war has been far-reaching in A Separate Peace in populous ways, how the characters react to one another, finding what’s in the real world and their decision-making skills to…

Germany flourished on the nationalism in the early 1900’s of its people, ready to encounter an attack at any moment and any time. People forget the decision of war until they are in the flame of its fire. In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque explains his war experience in World War 1 through a character, Paul Bumer—a kind and sensitive man. While in school, he used to write poems. Paul’s teacher brainwashed him and other students. He convinced them, by the idea of…

The letter was written by John Leslie McNaughton, a Canadian soldier who served in World War. John joined the Canadian army in June, 1915, and was appointed overseas for one year, before his capture and imprisonment on May, 1917. 15 of the letters he wrote, including four he wrote after the battle of Vimy Ridge were recovered after the war. This specific letter was written in France, on 21st April 1917, days after Vimy Ridge, a month before his confinement, and later published online on the…

War will take its toll on a soldier. In the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque, the soldiers of Second Company come out of the war damaged in many ways which are almost unpreventable. Their bodies are hurt, their minds are full of fear and they are eventually molded to think that being surrounded death is a normal day to day thing. The soldiers relationships with people and places are destroyed their generation is lost. War leaves them alone and afraid. Some people…

"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…