What Does It Mean To Be A Soldier

This quote shows that men were ready and willing to put the future of their country above the value of their own lives. They were ready to fight and possibly die for the sake of their country. Most of these men who put their lives forward were basically untrained. They were men who came from farms, villages, and other locations and then signed up to serve their country in its time of need. Groups of soldiers that had already served in combat went around to the different towns and villages looking for men to sign up for combat duty regardless of how much military training they had, “A dollar deposited on the drum head was taken up by someone as soon as placed there, and the holder’s name taken, and he enrolled, with orders to equip himself as quick as possible.” (8). Men would sign up because they thought that becoming a soldier and fighting in the war was an easy way to make money and to provide for their families. These men who fought in this war were not soldiers who had been trained for years to serve in combat, most of them were given a gun and told where to shoot. They had no formal training and enlisted in the hopes of helping to provide support for their

1) “They carried the soldier’s greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing. Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to. It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. They died so as not to die of embarrassment” (O’Brien 20).

“they carried the soldier’s greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing. Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to. It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. They dried so as not to die of embarrassment”

It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just the blush of dishonor. They died so as not to die of embarrassment.” Men went to war out of embarrassment, they had fear of embarrassing themselves, their families, and their town if they fled. They forever carry this with them, because they cannot just take the memory of them being there out of their

The human mind never wants to recall negative memories. We do not want to remember that time when we were giving a speech in front of a class and we tripped on our words. We never want to remember that time when we were walking through the hallway and suddenly fell over our own feet with our books flying all over the floor. We do not want to remember that time when we were at war and our best friend lost his life, but we got to keep ours. But what we do recall is the moments we arose heroic and overcame an obstacle.

The carnage of world war one was the result of the clash between new technologies, but old strategies. Blitzkrieg warfare would be the first form of modern military tactics for it fully utilizes the technological advancements of that time. The term “Blitzkrieg” was not invented by the Germans, but by an English magazine that described the invasion of Poland (Showalter). While many accredit the invention of Blitzkrieg warfare to Heinz Guderian, Germany's Chief of Mobile Troops during WWII, it was actually invented far before that. In fact, it was developed right after WWI after seeing the devastating effects of trench warfare(Showalter). Ironically, the basis of Blitzkrieg warfare was also laid by German Field Marshall Alfred von Schlieffen of the famous Schlieffen plan of WWI(Showalter). The basic essence of Blitzkrieg warfare was built upon the belief that Germany was always going to be out resourced and out numbered in every war and thus in order to win it, the Germans must strike hard and fast and penetrate deep behind enemy lines(Showalter). Thus, Blitzkrieg warfare was the most effective military tactic of its time because it utilized all of the technology of its time, it not only utilized physical warfare, but also psychological warfare, and because Germany’s opponents were not prepared for this kind of warfare.

Optimistically the Great War, later termed World War I, was predicted to be the war to end all wars. Given the number of wars that have ensued since, unfortunately, this prediction was unreliable. Nearly 10,000,000 military personnel and 7,000,000 civilians lost their lives in World War I and an additional 20,000,000 people were wounded. War land damage was catastrophic. Of the nine French villages completely destroyed on the Western Front during World War I, six remain uninhabited to this day. Undisputedly, World War I had a tremendous impact on the people of many countries. Map changes in Europe and the Middle East, the Treaty of Versailles with its political and economic impact on Germany, and fear over the installation of Russian communism were among the negative legacies of World War I. Combined they would contribute to an unstable geopolitical climate inevitably leading to future world conflict.

The world experienced life changing inventions and events during the time of World War I, such occurrences influenced the literature and the authors of the time. The time the war took place, the world experienced technological advancements at an unimaginable pace. In addition to technology, the war also changed the fashion in which society worked. Women became more independent as more jobs were offered to them in order to aid the war cause. In addition, countries such as England experienced extreme poverty during and after the First World War occurred. This shaped the manner in which the people thought about their lives and their governments. Furthermore, a significant amount of the men of England were sent to fight in the war. The battlefront, along with to horrible health conditions, lead to an immense death count of men in the battle field. Such changes in the world as well as society inspired several works of art and literature at the time. Artist and writers wrote about the war and its effect on the people. Their works reflected the perspective of civilians and soldiers alike in order to relate to the public. Such artists include Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, and William Yeats, who wrote about the war abroad as well as in their home country, England. The works of Siegfried Sassoon, Isaac Rosenberg, and William Yeats were affected by events, ideologies, and experiences from the period of World War I. This is seen in their poems as they often parallel events from

Would you believe me if I said that WW1, the most horrific war humans have ever fought, started because of two bullets? No? That’s fine, however on June 28th 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand & his wife Sophie were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip. This event brought forth a wave confused, and frantic actions all over Europe. Alliances were forged between the great powers of the day, all the ways to peace were missed, and within a month over a million soldiers would die in a hellfire of unimaginable proportion. The Great War was caused by two bullets, here’s how it all

Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to. It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. They died so as not to die of embarrassment.”

The antagonists are represented by irresponsibly idealistic teachers, by politicians who ordered this war yet do not fight it, and by ordinary people who want power and use a military uniform to gain it. The enemy is never made to be the French, Russians, British, or Americans who are trying to kill Paul, his enemies are all back

Many factors contributed to the instability of the world and different countries following world war one. Combinations of of differents needs, policies, and treaties all were causes to the instability of various countries. Elements such a weak League of Nations, French demands, and the inflation in Germany after the war all contributed to such an instability in the post war world.

In World War I, Russia was the biggest army in the world with 1 400 000 soldiers. The number got to 5000 000 when it fully mobilized. However, they could not arm all their soldiers because of the lack of supplies. They only had 4600 000 rifles. The Russian Military consisted of 115 infantry and more than 38 cavalry divisions. Their power came from the resources of 25 million men of combat age. During the whole war, almost 15 million people served the Russian Army and the casualties was about 1.8 million people died, 2.8 million wounded and more than 2.4 million were taken prisoners.

World War I was an earth-shattering event that changed the physical and political landscape for many years to come. The years leading up to World War I had been the epitome of humanism, faith in human’s ability to do good, and their inherent goodness had never been higher. However, the transition into late modernity had already begun to make this faith in humanity waiver. People began to doubt the innate inner reason of man. The transition to belief that man was inherently irrational was starkly on the rise. WWI did nothing but prove these thinkers correct. The sheer scale and senselessness of the war that was most definitely irrational proved to man that they were not inherently good. This had a number of effects on populations as a whole.

fighting against German, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman empire and Bulgaria when Gavrilo Princip assassinated Franz Ferdinand on june 28, 1914. An alliance was created between the Ottoman Empire and Germany on August 2, 1914 the next day declared war on france. Machine guns, rifles, poison gas, artillery, tanks, aircraft, U-boats, Q-Ships. World War 1 was the death of more than 9 million soldiers, sailors and flyers and also more than 5 million civilians. The war involved more than 28 countries and more than 186 billion in direct costs and another 150 billion in indirect costs. World war 1 was a tragic event that cripples man countries and ethnic groups. In my opinion this