present‚ with heavy war machinery and severe casualties. The picture in the Stearns text book on page 808 displays a group of soldiers during World War I in the trenches‚ their homes and in most cases-their death beds during combat. In this picture it is clear to see that life in the trenches was dismal and uncomfortable. Trenches were basically dug out pieces of land that soldiers fought from and sought refuge in upon returning attacks. They were not fun places to live and consisted of numbers
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War on the Western Front Reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front (217 Words) There was a clear expectation that WW1 would be a quick‚ offensive military war over by Christmas. Introduction of new technology such as munitions and tanks changed the structure of war as many were not prepared for modern warfare. Millions of men participated in war along with vast numbers of horses and later trucks‚ there was a great need for food and medical supplies however‚ it was hard to sustain. There were
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men need rest but there is a war that has just begun. My sleeps are less than one hour at a time but I am constantly interrupted by the violent images I have witnessed. The conditions here are horrific. Rats the size of cats are festering in the trenches. These rodents are polluted with disease‚ on the look out for relinquished remains left in these pits. Some of the boys attempt to club them to death or stab them with their bayonets for fun. It helps to distract us for a little while. On our
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Life in the trenches‚ during World War I‚ was a horrible experience for the soldiers of that time. Many soldiers were faced with death during these times. The sources of their deaths were either enemy attacks or their contraction of harmful diseases. Another major obstacle‚ in the trenches‚ was of the infestation of rats. Rats‚ either black or brown‚ were feared and were nuisances to the soldiers. Brown rats‚ especially‚ were detested due to their tendencies to feed on human remains‚ including the
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Life in the Trenches is rough and horrible. We get woken up in the middle of the night due to fire falling on us. I then have to take cover and crouch in a corner. “ Each man lays hold of his things and looks again every minute to reassure himself that they are still there.” (Source 1) The troops and I have to hold are things and every minute we need to look see if they are still there. In the trenches there is rats. “ The rats have become much more numerous lately because the trenches are
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fought in the trenches? Life in the Trenches There was nothing glamorous about trench life. World War 1 trenches were dirty‚ smelly and riddled with disease. For soldier’s‚ life in the trenches meant living in fear. In fear of diseases (like cholera and trench foot) and of course‚ the constant fear of enemy attack. Trench warfare WW1 style is something all participating countries vowed never to repeat and the facts make it easy to see why. Photo- British troops sitting in a dug out trenches in WWI.
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Life in the trenches during World War 1 were horrible. It was entirely unexpected for those eager thousands who signed up for war August 1914.The Great War- was a phrase coined even before it had begun. It was expected to be very short and like most wars a great movement. However The First World War was symbolized by its lack of movement‚ the years of stalemate exemplified on the Western Front from autumn 1914 until spring 1918
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Life in the trenches is varied differently from alliance to alliance‚ but the hardship is still the same. So what are the trenches like for our soldiers at war? All of the soldiers face many difficulties while at war. Death is a constant comrade in war whether in the trenches or not. Constant shellfire brings random deaths to those not even on guard. Many of the soldiers are buried due to large bombardments in the trenches. Death is shown all around not just from bombardments‚ but also disease
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theatrics of my life in the trenches and the daily occurrences. Firstly I must enquire on the home life‚ how is your brother and mother? Has the grieving process of father slowed‚ are they coping? Make sure you take good care of them Michael‚ keep the farm up and running and enjoy yourself at Christmas time. The time spent at the Etaples base training camp was hard‚ the men began to realise what we were going to face‚ and the Bull ring training‚ created to prepare us for time in the trenches was nothing
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Barbusse‚ Jünger and Graves all describe life in the trenches of World War I. Barbusse has an interesting way of describing the events that he is recounting‚ and seems to be writing his memoir as if the audience is with him at the scene that he is showing to us. Jünger‚ on the other‚ glosses over some of the horrors of the war‚ and instead likes to describe the changes that warfare has brought to the landscape that he is describing. In general‚ he is very descriptive‚ and has a preoccupation with
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