Ypres

I have been in war for about three years now, fighting and living in a condition people back home can never imagine, it is not easy, but I always think that we are doing this for the sake of our country, especially our loved ones. During the wars, we fight and live in trenches most of the time and we would line the trenches in a zigzag pattern so enemies fire will not be able to sweep along the whole length of the trench. Life in the trenches is not comfortable at all, but I guess we are all…

World War I or the Great War was a time period that caused many bloods and questioned morality. Each country was dedicated to make more powerful and effective weapons. Therefore, from 1914 to 1918, technology had been greatly advanced due to countries’ dedication and effort to create and improve blood shedding machines. Poison gases are one of the many weapons used during the Great War; this method of warfare creates and created controversies for ethical reasons. Even during the World War I when…

After he began to make these new weapons for the army he became a real soldier and was in the front lines in Ypres, but was not in action until it was time for what he hoped would be a deadly poisonous gas attack. He had done this by using the thousands of steel cylinders full of chlorines gasses that were brought in, in position for the Germans to use when they…

locations conditions. In an area like the River Somme on the Western front, the ground is chalky and was easy to dig. But if it rained the trench walls would crumble so the walls would be built up or reverted with wood or sandbags. But in an area like Ypres the ground is very bogy and the water table is…

Battle of Ypres was during world war one it lasted from the nineteenth of October to the twenty-second of November, the year was 1914 and it was fought in western Belgium. It was used on that day by the Germans they were battling French and Belgian. They used mustard…

Does the good outweigh the bad People usually tend to focus on the negative aspects in life rather than the good. One of the most memorialized event in world history is World War One, and when thought of, what is remembered is how horrifying it was and the mass carnage. In Canada, the First World War took almost 61 000 lives and wounded around 172 000 people (CMCC). English and French Canadian relations were tense and immigrants from enemy countries had the right to vote revoked. However,…

is compromising Canadian soldiers’ safety and success when attacking due to characteristics that are inappropriate for trench warfare in a modern day war. BACKGROUND Since April 22nd, the first day Canadian troops saw battle at Ypres, there have been re-occurring issues and high Canadian casualties on the battlefield, which may be in affiliation with the Ross Rifle. More than several complaints have been expressed by those issued with this…

Poison gas is a form of weaponry that was adopted in World War I with the intention of using it to injury, and kill soldiers of the opposing fighting forces. The deadly gases were able to consume the lives of many young soldiers, by being carried in the slow movements of clouds, that released these gases on the soldiers as they passed over. Prior to World War I, this form of weaponry was considered to be uncivilized, but with the stalemates of trench warfare, countries began searching for a new…

war one at Geneva Convention because Mustard gas is a weapon of mass destruction with devastating effects. The German scientist Franz Ferdinand invented Mustard gas which would be used in Trench warfare. This damaging gas was first used in 1917, Ypres Germany to attack the French. While Mustard gas isn’t really flammable and explosive, it is lethal to one’s health. This gas is a blistering agent in this case, and it would make you get giant…

to life proved to be her second miracle. Moreover, Mary’s third and final miracle was to make herself appear in an abandoned church on a battlefield to a wounded soldier. While Dunstan was in Passchendaele, Belgium fighting in the Third Battle at Ypres, he became severely injured due to shrapnel. He had to crawl through the mud into the ruins of an old church. Suddenly a flare dropped in front of him and illuminated a statue of the Virgin and Child, where Dunstan saw the face of Mary Dempster…