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Causes Of The British War Memorials

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1. The British war memorials allowed many people to openly grieve and remember the thousands of soldiers who lost their lives. It allowed millions of people to come to terms with the loss, isolate it, and establish its limits. War memorials became the place people grieved individually or as a group. 2. The First World War is what many have called "total war," which means it was the first industrialized war among industrialized powers. The war material that could be produced by those powers increased by a factor of thousands with the weaponry and the projectiles that were fired at two sides. The 10 million that died in the First World War was by far the largest toll of deaths because of the enormous weight of material that was turned into artillery. In 1914, this was the beginning of mass death. There was no place to put the bodies (if they could be found) of so many; this created a situation that made it impossible to literally mourn the dead. The notion of a ritual set of practices that had been in existence for centuries collapsed completely during this traumatic time period. 3. The similarities of the Tombs of the Unknown all represent fallen soldier(s). Most are guarded 24 hour a day. It wasn’t until 1920 when the idea came about to honor the fallen with tombs and within a few short years all countries had their own tombs developed for their fallen soldiers. The differences are some tombs are elaborate with the structural design and rituals: such as a pyramid for

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