Controlled Assessment Task Part (A) The First World War is associated strongly with Trench Warfare. How useful and reliable are these sources in explaining what conditions in the trenches were like? The public’s imagination of the Great War has been closely associated with Trench Warfare. Within the beginning period of the war August-September 1914 both armies expected a rapid war of movement, however the advances upon firing technology resulted in the complex trench systems being developed. The traditional interpretation was that soldiers spent all of their time in horrific conditions which they constantly experienced and they feared the factor of being sent ‘Over the top’ and that trenches were full of rats, lice and disease.
Noah Martin Martin 1 English, Period 1 Mrs. Bueno 6, January, 2012 The Deadly Weapon Napalm Have you ever wondered what we used in our previous wars? What weapons we used that was so effective and so fierce in battle. I am talking about the chemical weapon called “Napalm”. A fiery sticky substance that burned everything it touched. The U.S used napalm in a lot of battles, but was the most common chemical weapon used and known for in the war against Vietnam It also showed how powerful this weapon was.
All Quite on the Western Front helps to give a real insight to what a battle was like during WW1. The set up of the trenches along with new weapons made trench warfare extremely disastrous. When watching All Quite on the Western Front, one gets a good idea how the trenches were set up. Watching the movie allows one to actually get a visual on how hard it was to pass the enemy lines. The set up of the trenches allowed the war to be as bloody as it was.
World War 1 Through 1914-1918 Canadians fought in the trenches during World War 1. Weapons were really dangerous and killed many soldiers. Soldiers were worn down mentally and physically through out the war. The trenches they lived in were wet, cold and full of rats. Trench warfare was such a horrible and deadly thing many soldiers called it the worst time of their life.
Trench Warfare World War One was a horrific event, the number of known dead sits at about eight million people. The main method of combat during the first world war, also known as the Great World War, was trench warfare. Trenches were dug mainly to protect troops, but ended up being one of the major reasons so many men died. These men had to live through miserable times, daily life was filled with horror, and death. Death was a constant companion to those serving in the line, even when they weren't under attack, many would die of disease.
Many of the deadliest battles in history occurred during the First World War. Such battles include Ypres, the Marne, Cambrai, the Somme, Verdun, and Gallipoli. The Germans employed the Haber process of nitrogen fixation to provide their forces with a constant supply of gunpowder, despite the British naval blockade. [143] Artillery was responsible for the largest number of casualties[144] and consumed vast quantities of explosives. The large number of head wounds caused by exploding shells and fragmentation forced the combatant nations to develop the modern steel helmet, led by the French, who introduced the Adrian helmet in 1915.
There are a plethora of problems with the system that the city refuses to ix. One of the main problems with the subway is the dirt and grime that are overrunning the carts. Everywhere you look there are piles of garbage lying around on the platforms. There is an inadequate amount of trash cans on the platforms. Due to this problem, people resort to throwing their used napkins, cans, and wrappers on the floor.
We have drug wars, riots, and personal wars; and these go on every day of our lives, most going un-known except by the people it directly affects. I am terrified to have to live in the trenches where you would never have a bath and there are rats and other animals running around the place, and having the thought in your head there you probably going to die and never seeing your children, family, friends, love ones ever again, and the thought that you have to kill other people just to
The smell of dead rotten bodies attracts rats. They are everywhere you look and some are even as big as Felix our cat. The other night I was woken up by Johnny screaming. As I looked towards him I could see a big rat (the one the size of Felix) had nibbled through his haversack and tunic to get to his flesh. With a cry of horror I threw the rat twenty yards into no man’s land.
The living conditions are very brutal here. The trenches have rats and lice everywhere. We are sitting in the mud among the detritus of human living. It is very hard to sleep because I can hear the scurrying of rats in the dark. Lice infest every living thing in the earth and they cause everyone to scratch.