Aspects of Trench Warfare 1. Trenches were built in an attempt to continue the war as both sides had reached a stalemate. There was a rush for the sea and then they found nothing else could happen so they dug in. The resulting trench system on the Western Front not only covered the equivalent of 25,000 miles (enough to encircle the world) but also stretched non-stop from Belgium to Switzerland. To explain the main features of trench warfare we must look at all the points the trench design, the modern technology etc. Trenches were designed in a specific way. They were built in a zigzag fashion to accommodate for bombs destroying them. If a bomb did hit them then only a corner of the trench would collapse, making it easier to repair than have a trench in a straight-line collapse. The top of the trench was secured with sandbags. This also made a parapet, which was useful for firing over the top as you could rest your gun on it. The sandbags were useful for protection when shells were going off, as they helped to secure your trench as well as provide protection. The fire step was made for stepping on when you were firing over the top or for going over the top. In the back of your trench there were some dugouts where you could shelter during enemy firing and use the periscope to look over the top. Conditions in the trenches were appalling. In the winter you could get trench foot because of the rain as it turned the trenches into complete mud pits. Wooden planks called duckboards were put down to try and stop this but they were inadequate. As result the soldiers feet would swell up to two or three times their normal size and b... ... middle of paper ... ...d as the allies were tired and fed up of the fighting. The new soldiers helped. The surrender of her allies left Germany without hope. She was stuck all on her own, left to fight on two fronts. She had to fight against all the allies as well as the Americans. The Kaiser eventually realised he had lost the war and signed the armistice with Russia. Later Ludendorf signed an armistice with the allies. Allied Technological supremacy was probably one of the main contributors to German defeat on the Western front. The allies had been ahead in the case of technology for most of the war. They had the guns, grenades and other equipment long before the Germans. All in all there were many contributory reasons as to why Germany lost on the Western front. These are only a few. The Germans were defeated and lost the war.
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...he shows us her character, not by how she gives herself respect, but by the continued respect that she gives to others: even her tormenters. Her secret shame was kept inside, and it was an impossible burden to bear. She was brave.
World War I, also known as the Great War, lasted from the summer of 1914 until the late fall of 1918. The war was fought between the Allies, which consisted mainly of the United Kingdom, France, and the Russian Empire, and the Central Powers, which consisted mainly of the German Empire, the Ottoman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria (Alliances - Entente and Central Powers). In total, it is estimated that twelve million civilians and nine million combatants died during this horrific and devastating war (DeGroot 1). When the war first began in 1914, many people thought that it would be a war of movement that would quickly be over. However, that changed when the Germans, who were trying to reach and capture the city of Paris in France, were forced to retreat during the Battle of the Marne in September 1914 (Ellis 10). German General von Falkenhayn, who felt that his troops must at all cost hold onto the parts of France and Belgium that they had overtaken, ordered his men to dig in and form defensive trench lines (Ellis 10). The Allies could not break through the enemies lines and were forced to create trenches of their own (Ellis 10). This was only the beginning of trench warfare. A war of movement had quickly come to a standstill on the Western Front. A massive trench line, 475 miles long, quickly spread and extended from the North Sea to the Swiss Frontier (Ellis 10). With neither side budging, soldiers were forced to live in the most miserable of conditions. Simply put, life in the trenches was a living hell. A lieutenant of the 2nd Scottish rifles wrote, “No one who was not there can fully appreciate the excruciating agonies and misery through which the men had to go [through] in those da...
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Life in the trenches during the First World War was simply a blood bath. It was the last thing the hundreds and thousands of soldiers expected when they enlisted.
While showing how brave and unselfish she was, she also showed that she was fragile and not as strong as she used to be. “A black dog with a lolling tongue came up out of the weeds by the ditch. She was meditating, and not ready, and when he came at her she only hit him a little with her cane. Over she went in the ditch, like a little puff of milkweed.” Even though she hit the dog only a little, it caused her to fall into a ditch. At last there came a flicker and then a flame of comprehension across her face, and she spoke. "My grandson. It was my memory had left me. There I sat and forgot why I made my long trip." This shows how her mind went blank, causing her to forget why she had made the journey.
In September of 1914, the British and French troops met the German troops at the Marne River. The German troops had been advancing toward Paris. The British and French troops were victorious in this battle and they crushed the hopes of Germany who wanted a quick takeover of the Western Front. After this battle, both sides dug trenches to maintain their positions. Both sides entered into a stalemate over the next four years. Each side battled from trenches making very little progress in their efforts to defeat each other. The trench warfare that took place over a few hundred yards of territory and cost both sides enormous casualties. Trench warfare proved to be a failure for both sides.
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...also were not represented, and made women understand that this inferiority dilemma that was going on every day had to stop, and that they had to revolt and fight for their own rights. Her influence combined with other women fighting and the spirit of rebellion already set in men spiked women's interests in their rights and made them want to struggle for their privileges.
knowing that she needed to do something to support her child. After the war, she
Trench warfare has been a proven defensive tactic for hundreds of years. Trenches were used when one combatant decided to go on the defensive, and attempt to take down the enemy by fighting from a trench or system of entrenchments. As this style continued to receive attention into the late 1800’s, it became a crucial aspect to the North’s decisive victory in the Civil War, and also aided the South who was desperately outnumbered in terms of men, agriculture and economy. Although trench warfare is not incorporated to the same extent now as it was in the Civil War and wars closely preceding it, it was battle tested and proven to be successful. Trench warfare become extremely effective and popular once introduced in the later years of the Civil
She held events on her own time to observe what they could do. She didn’t focus on what they couldn’t achieve, but what they could.... ... middle of paper ... ...
...nspired to make a change that she knew that nothing could stop her, not even her family. In a way, she seemed to want to prove that she could rise above the rest. She refused to let fear eat at her and inflict in her the weakness that poisoned her family. As a child she was a witness to too much violence and pain and much too often she could feel the hopelessness that many African Americans felt. She was set in her beliefs to make choices freely and help others like herself do so as well.
fight back. It was this poetry which helped her to fight and left her inspired during the struggles