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Introduction. When We Look Back On The Ramifications Of

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Introduction When we look back on the ramifications of the First Great War (WWI), we talk about subjects such as loss of life, the roughly 10 million soldiers on both sides that were lost or wounded. We talk about how much the war cost. The almost 180 Billion dollars, that were spent is typical high school and freshman college information. (John Simkin) What we do not usually hear about is the thousand of acres of farmland that were destroyed, some still ruined to this day, some beyond repair forever. The two figures above are from a general area of Flanders, Belgium. The first image is from an area that did not see much battle and remained mostly unchanged by the war, thus it makes for a good illustration of what the rest of this …show more content…

This was due to both sides lack of interest in respecting their environment, or more forgivably, the necessary need to use the land for their efforts, such as the case in War Trenches. War Trenches were long dugouts that soldiers could move along the battlefield without putting themselves in sight of the enemy. However, when the soldiers left, these trenches were left to be long lines of deep trench that would cause much hazard in the future. These War trenches can still be seen to this day. Much land was overused due to the greater need for food in war areas. These farms desperately worked in order to put out enough food for the soldiers who needed it, but after the war was over and the soldiers went home, the land was unusable after overuse. Land could be destroyed by many methods. Like trenches, the land could be carved out of the earth and ruin the shape of the landscape. Or, another possibility, as soldiers marched through the fields, they trampled the crops, ruining a year’s worth of work.

Summary of World War I World War I, originating in Europe, lasted from July 8, 1914 till November 11, 1918. It was the beginning of many of civilian and military technologies; also was one of the deadliest conflicts in history plus paved revolutions in many of the nations involved. WWI began after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the Serbian government was blamed by Austria-Hungary for the attack hoping to settle

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