very great pressure from the British Government as well as his allies to determine and win the war as quickly as possible. He would have thought that if the war was dragged on further even much higher casualties would likely be resulted as the trench warfare being adopted at that time often involved heavy casualties. There was also a possibility that if the war was allowed to drag on‚ the balance would be tipped over so much that Britain itself might also be turned into a battlefield. I agreed the
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“Lions led by Donkeys.” How accurate an assessment is this of the British Army on the Western Front in the First World War? Written by Alan Clark a politician in the 1960s this quotation describes the leadership of the British Military and their strategies used in the Great War. It suggests that soldiers fighting in the World War were brave and courageous as he refers to them as lions. In comparison their leaders‚ the generals were mindless and stupid like donkeys. By holding these characteristics
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At the end of WORLD WAR 1 it was clear for all to see that this war had been the most deadly war in history. This was primarily due to the use of nineteenth-century military tactics with twentieth-century technology. At the beginning of the war‚ there was still the tradition to have cavalry as the main branch of the military service‚ and the commanders such as Sir Douglas Haig believed this war would be like the last big European fight‚ the Franco-Prussian War. Which had been fought in the same way
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want the spontaneity of the fraternization to get to the public‚ and the troops continued to fight in the war. The battlefield of the tripartite‚ the French‚ the Scottish‚ and the German‚ in the film begins during the day on Christmas Eve. The trench warfare in the First World War was unlike any other war before‚ or even after. The armies were close at hand and the strategy of the commanders was to run across No Man’s Land and the results would be shot to death. The efficacy of the commander’s attacks
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References: Bull‚ S. (2002). World War 1 Trench Warfare. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. Duffy‚ M. (2009‚ August 22). Life in the Trenches. Retrieved February 4‚ 2012‚ from First World War : http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/trenchlife.htm Greenwood‚ P. (1998). The Second Battle of the Marne. Airlife
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barely knew anything about warfare they thought it was just pride and glory. Besides even when soldiers sent letters back home it was all covered up by censorship; censorship is when you cover all the bad words up in a letter any words that would not persuade men to join the army was taken out. People who didn’t fight in ww1 were shot or tortured until they would say they would join if they didn’t they were just shot e.g. Quakers. Most men didn’t know about trench warfare because the government thought
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For as far back as mankind dates back in it’s existence‚ there has always been and always will be war. History all throughout the world holds numerous acts of war dating all the way back to the early years of civilization‚ up until even today’s most recent problems. I believe war is a perfectly necessary action‚ especially when a hostile force makes unjustifiable attacks that put the safety of our country at jeopardy. This does not mean that every issue’s solution has to be war. Simply‚ this means
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in your coursework and text responses. Trench warfare Western Front Alliance Mother Country Over the top No mans land Parapet Sniper Artillery Shell Shock Shrapnel Minewerfer – mine throwing trench mortars Parados – the wall of the trench Blighty – England Bosch/ Heine – derogatory term for a German Estaminet – French café Propaganda – exaggerating the truth Lice/ louse – small parasitic insect Funk-hole – a cavity carved out of the inside of the trench Raid Interrogation Quotes Choose at least
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Was General Haig to blame for so many deaths at the battle of the Somme? In this essay I will be trying to answer the following question: ‘do you think General Haig was to blame for so many deaths in the battle of the Somme?’ Haig became General of the Army on the 10th of December 1915 at the age of 54. At the time‚ he appeared to be the best man for the job as he had led and won successful battles in his past. In 1916‚ he launched an attack. His attack took place near the Somme River‚ against
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already dead in the first 24 hours. This is the Battle of the Somme‚ held on the River Somme in France. 1.2 million casualties. It started with British General Douglas Haig coming up with an idea of a “great push” through German lines. It was a trench warfare‚ massive artillery bombardments‚ thousand of soldiers going “over the top” into No Mans Land‚ and already many dead. Gains were minimal‚ but it turned the tide of the war to the Allies favor‚ the German force was weakened by fatality. Both the
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