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The First World War took the world by storm; no person could have imagined the horrors and detriments the “Great War” would cause. Over a span of four years, millions of soldiers and civilians died. Children lost their parents, and wives, their husbands. So unprecedented was this type of vicious warfare that the countries involved were unprepared for one of the worst wars in history. Two books, The Guns of August and All Quiet on the Western Front address and highlight major themes of World War I. The books offer insight to the political and military strategies of France, England, and Germany during the first month of the war, as well as the emotions of a German soldier on the Western Front in the final days leading up to the German Armistice. Each book uniquely describes an aspect of war and creates a fresh and new experience for the reader to learn about World War I.

According to a study done by USA TODAY in 1999, World War I was ranked eighth in the top one hundred news stories of the twentieth century. The First World War was and still is one of the most historical wars to go down in history, changing the world forever. It was the first time there was a global conflict and with the introduction of new technology, millions of soldiers and civilians lost their lives. The Great War would haunt and alter the world for decades, becoming a catalyst to so many historical events to come after it. The four year long war did not end with the signing of the treaty of Versailles, it sent the world into shambles and lived on by affecting the world socially, politically, economically, psychologically and culturally. In the poems “A War Film” by Teresa Hooley, “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, “Education” by Pauline Barrington, “They” by Siegfried Sassoon and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen, these effects of World War I are explored.

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Imagine you are a soldier at war fighting for your country. You have no other thought in your head but the fact that you are destined to beat the filthy slobs on the other side. Little do you know how the chemicals used to destroy the enemy will effect him; let alone yourself. Little do you know how the enemy’s family on the other side will be affected once he’s dead. World War 1 and World War 2 both had many similarities and differences. Both Wars started from an imbalance of power, had incredibly high death tolls, and caused lasting effects on many countries.

When someone hears the words World War I, what do they think of? Some might think about the French or Germans, while others might think about the time period and the weapons involved. In the year of 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated while he went to check on some individuals who were involved in a bombing. Several days following his assassination, the great powers of Europe went to war against each other, later known as World War I. Erich Maria Remarque, author of All Quiet on the Western Front, wrote a novel about World War I and in this novel one can see how World War I was a transformative event. By examining the horrors of war, the effects that war had on the soldiers who were involved, nationalism and sacrifice, and

With each impingement, he angrily moaned at his assailants. And, there was even one point in the short film… one moment where you could see him clearly… for just a second or two, an image that burrowed its way into my mind. His harrowed face, the jaundice of his skin, and sunken eyes. He reminded me of my grandfather in the last few days of his life before pancreatic cancer had taken him. How he had become a shell of what he had once been, a blackening peel decomposing before our very eyes.

Wars have immensely contributed to human history for thousands of years, becoming highly destructive usually for the means of gain. The First World War, also known as ‘the Great War’ was a truly global war centred in Europe. The causes of one of the most destructive wars in human history are still debated to this day. Some historians have come up with a list of multiple causes of the war. However, experts have identified some of the primary causes of the war, including the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, militarism, alliances, imperialism and nationalism. The causes of the truly deadly war, sending ripples of shock throughout Europe and the world, can be summarised into four points, and the start of the war pinpointed to one bullet from a young Serbians gun.

When we think of World War I, what comes to mind is the huge number of casualties, the destruction, and large scale chaos and

Men, as young as the age of twelve, fought to protect their land and liberty. The tolls it took out on each country involved were tremendous. Empires were ripped apart and absorbed into neighboring countries, others were crushed with devastating numbers of casualties. World War I consumed the mental, physical, and emotional states of all human beings during the early 1900’s as a total war..

The events portrayed within this book serve to help the readers visualize and comprehend the horrendous and dreadful experiences that the war had generated in the lives of those living in the 20th century during the hardships of the endless,brutal, and frightening conflict between the countries of the world. The lethality of the shellings, biological warfare, and machine guns added with the staggering of the unprogressive trench warfare was the cause of a long-lasting war that proved detrimental to both of the opposing sides, the Triple Entente, composing of Russia, France, and the United Kingdom, and the Triple Alliance, composing of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. This war story deeply conveys a sense of what war truly is. Through its erratic moments of constant shellings and the adrenaline-pumping sluggishness of trench warfare, the true essence of the commonly known “great war” has revealed itself in a sorrowful yet realistic light, devoid of idealness. This book reveals an account of how a generation was lost during the war, creating a tense and downbeat tone repetitively utilized throughout the book,

“Freedman breaks down the Great War into key battles and issues, covering the causes of the war, the leaders, the modern weapons and technology, and the war 's consequences. Firsthand accounts of allied and German soldiers are presented as well.”(Miller). The start of the war that every country was part of. It was the War that changed everybody 's lives. The War was an outbreak to to all of the countries. “Only when the world went to war again in the 1930s and ’40s did the earlier conflict become known as the First World War. Its casualty totals were unprecedented, soaring into the millions. World War I is known for the extensive system of trenches from which men of both

World War I had a more profound effect on society than wars prior. With new deadly weapons, like poison gas, high death tolls, and the first occurrence of total war, shocked the world, tearing people between the modern and the tradition. Traditional society was torn down by the destruction of the war. As with most literary movements, writers reflect the world

The early 1900s had easily shown that war was not a sport for young men to take part in. The Great War, the name World War 1 had garnered due to the sheer scale of it, brought about destruction on unseen levels. From the front lines of the war, soldiers were given a first look at how new technologies and medical practices would change warfare forever.

The widespread of the water made the condition worse. So, to give readers better viewed about this lifestyle, he tells a story of families living there and illustrates how the outbreak took their members lives one by one.

Every detail of the last two months was etched into his memory, depriving him of sleep and making his appetite less than normal. His voice was always hoarse after falling asleep, his screams from the nightmares becoming too much for his throat to handle.