This began to severley mark and tarnish American relations with European nations, as American soldiers were seen to be careless and vengeful. “There were more than 2,000 casualties [at the Battle of Caen] on the first two days, and in a way it was miraculous that more people weren't killed when you think of the bombing and the shelling which carried on for days afterwards. Eight hundred civilians lost their lives in the 48 hours following the invasion, and 15,000 took refuge for more than a month in the tunnels to the south of the city.” The civilian population drastically fell, immediately following these intense bombings, proving to be living evidence of the mistakes made by Allied forces. “Caen had fallen from 60,000 to 17,000 civilians, causing great resentment” between the two powers, furthering that American-European
October 14th 2012 Corissa Skinner World War One Essay It is often said or thought “war is hell”. World war two had more casualties then world war one but the deaths in world war one were truly horrific. The soldiers in world war one had to face new and unexpected gases, physical diseases of the trenches and mental diseases of the trenches. World war one had gases the world had never seen before and as the war went on these weapons only became more advanced and deadly. One of the most deadly gases used was mustard gas, it was first used in 1917 and killed 4086 British soldiers from 1914-1918 (spartous.schoolnet).
This tactic was used, for example, at battles such as the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917. This tactic, however, tended to result in huge casualty rates and neither side made significant gains. New weapons were also used in an attempt to break the stalemate on the Western Front. At first, artillery barrage was used to inflict constant barrage on the enemy and preceding front offensives. As the war drew on, other weapons such as gas and tanks were used by the Germans for the first time at the First Battle of Ypres in 1915, and became a major tool of warfare on the Western Front.
The trenches were dug in zig zag shapes instead of straight lines to make it harder for enemies to shoot down into the tranches while simultaneously making it harder for them to capture. The layout of the trenches faced each other maybe 800 meters away with a space in between them covered in barbwire called "No Man's Land" because you were fully exposed and didn't stand much of a chance. But, on occasions they would cross over the barbwire into enemy territory at night. This was a whole other fighting style that was very new and was hard to master. Behind the primary trench was a secondary trench in case the first one was capture or they needed support.
In the end, the offensive cost Britain and the Empire 419,654 casualties, 125,000 of them dead. One other failure was just the staggering amounts of dead bodies from the British in a single day was just unbelievable! The British, instead of ordering a retreat, they just ran into the lines of machine guns, snipers and to sum it all up, they ran to their deaths with the Germans barely losing anyone at all. The British had no clue what they were doing unlike the French who did but they had no support whatsoever. Then, this is the biggest failure of them all according to me.
Some cons were the following: * Death and disease were omnipresent in the trenches. Sniper’s bullets, rapid artillery fires, and diseases took a heavy toll on the trench soldiers. * Over 200,000 soldiers are estimated to have died in the trenches of the Western Front. Though a good number of these died in action, a significant number succumbed to disease and infection
This forced Allied forces to abandon heavy machinery, such as tanks and artillery. It also lead to a forced evacuation of all Allied troops across the channel. The evacuation was, for the most part, successful, but it lead to heavy Allied casualties. The evacuation essentially gave France, and the remainder of most of the western continent to Nazi forces. This was much to Hitler’s delight, and was seen as more successful than first
Kalem 10/6/10 P: 4 Short stories essay Technology was better throughout the centuries. It’s helpful to everyone in their daily life but if people start to abuse it, technology will become a really strong poison. The story “By the Water of Babylon” and “A Sound of Thunder” are a warning that scientific advancement and man’s constant quest for knowledge will harm us. The story “By the Water of Babylon” shows how the technology leads to people’s death. As technology become more advance, people use their knowledge to create a lot of weapons to fight with other like guns and bombs.
The amount of death tolls that showed its true face in the war was unimaginable. The war truly was pure hell. Faust argues death’s significance for the Civil War generation further became more apparent during this time. She focuses on the staggering number of deaths during those four violent years that affected ordinary Americans and transformed the nation. So, the reason for the increased amount of deaths that had never been seen before was due to certain variables.
The M16 machine gun was introduced as well and proved to be useful in its firepower of almost 1,000 rounds per minute, durability through harsh weather conditions and a light weight frame. The introduction of mines aided in sealing perimeters from enemies for night encampments while walkie-talkies enabled troops to maintain conversation-like contact while standing many yards away from one another. However, the invention of nuclear missiles changed the worlds approach to war forever. At this day in age, the advancements made in military technology are far beyond the minds of any regular person. The US military now has in its possession, nuclear missiles able to explode countries to bits and pieces.