Ypres

power and strength. For example, ever since Canada fought its first war with Britain, it had shown that it could fight and take care of itself, and constantly prosper. Like in WW1, when Canada fought and kept back the German forces in the Battle of Ypres, they were the only ones capable of holding back and repair the “hole” made in the Allied trenches from Germany’s Chlorine Gas attack. When Germany launched their first gas attack, British and french troops fled the area, fearing that they might…

How did you feel when you first left Canada to fight in the war? When I first left Canada, I felt that I was doing something that helped protect the honor of Canada and Britain. I had also wanted to be seen as a hero back at home and never expected the war to last this long. What were the conditions like in the battle field? We fought in trenches that were cold, dirty, muddy, and smelled terrible. I was one of the few lucky ones who didn’t catch trench foot, but then again I lost an entire leg…

Hindenburg Line between Cambrai and Saint-Quentin on September 27 and to try to reach the key rail junction of Maubeuge, so as to threaten the Germans’ line of retreat through the Liège gap. The Belgians, with Allied support, were to begin a drive from Ypres toward Ghent on September…

cage, there is no light around me, other than a small hole that lets in natural sunlight. All I have with me is this journal, a pencil and the clothes on my back. It has been a full year since I have written in this journal. Ever since The Battle of Ypres, I have never taken a life away. Yesterday was the battle of Vimy Ridge. The British High Command ordered us to capture the position as part of a larger spring offensive in the Arras area. He said if Canadian troops attacked, success was bound…

Before the First World War, the Franco-Prussian War died out a year after it started in 1870 along with its old tactics and its’ use of weaponry bayonets, cannons, and the use of horses was also used for mobility. France faced defeat, once again, controlled by the Prussian (what is known today as Germany) regime run by the leadership of Otto Von Bismarck. The old ways of warfare was becoming obsolete. (thesis)The laborers of the Allied forces helped supplemented the need to resupply on…

There is no specific cause of World War I but everything started to fall when Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914. After the assassination of the Archduke, there're many other events that led WW1. Such as the alliances between major European countries. After the assassination, Austria-Hungary threatened war on Serbia. British and German forces first fought at the Battle of Mons in Belgium which was the first battle of many in the Western Front.…

quickly defeating the French, and then moving towards the eastern front to face the Russians who would not have been able to mobilize in time to help their ally. There were a few attempts made to get through the trench lines in 1914, like the battle of Ypres in November and the battle of The Champagne in December. Those are the reasons why World War 1 lasted so long. The reasons why many different countries wanted to fight so badly…

and Ypres, in December of 1915. The colourless gas had soldiers within the trenches violently suffocating. Hence, during the war in the trenches, Phosgene is responsible for about, “ 85% of all gas-related fatalities, in World War 1 resulted from phosgene and disphosgene, which were both used to fill artillery shells.”Along with chlorine the most commonly known poison gas is mustard gas. Likewise, it was introduced by the Germans in the Ypres trenches on July 12, 1917. Mustard gas is an irritant…

For an example “pile the bodies high at Gettysburg”, or “Pile them high at Ypres and Verden”. The imagery in this poem helps us, and shows us, where we are, when we are, and why we are. Carl sandburg also uses allusion to show what had happened and when. In this poem by Mr. sandburg he uses allusion when saying “what place…

Training was difficult, but I had no idea the battlefield would be this brutal. I have just been out here for three months and now I know why they call war hell. My ears are constantly ringing from the blasts of the cannons, and explosions. I am currently using Vickers machine gun, which could spit between 450-500 bullets a minute. I have fired and reloaded my gun so many times that I could do it in my sleep. There are so many soldiers fighting for their country but already some soldier have…