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Right Of The British Line Analysis

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World War One, No One Wins
Although many people view abandoning the war as act of terrorism and unpatriotic, a large amount of the soldiers in War World One shared a different Ideology. In many of the incidents like the “Christmas Truce of 1914” and “306 British soldiers shot by friendly fire”, these soldiers were tired of hearing the endless rounds of ammunition being fired and wanted to go home. In most cases, soldiers were everyday people that had never even shot a gun. Even children were victims to this cruel war and were used in battle. World War one, also known as the war to end all wars took many unnecessary lives when soldiers didn’t even want fight.
On the Right of the British Line is a book written by Captain Gilbert Nobbs that shows his real-life experience in World War One. He describes his whole journey from departure to return. During his departure on the train, Lieutenant Collins complained and hoped to get a blighted wound in a months’ time (P.g 21). Just from that attitude we can see how Lieutenant Collins did not like the ideal of going to war. Nobbs said “If everyone felt the same way, who do you think is going to carry on the war?” (P.g 21). Nobbs is missing the key word “everyone”. Even Germany wanted the war …show more content…

If you must shoot your own soldiers to keep them there what kind of army do you have? Your no better than the enemy. Some of these soldiers were even suffering from Post-traumatic stress disorder also known as (PTSD). PTSD is a disorder after experiencing a terrifying event and causes self-destructive behavior. All these soldiers wanted was to go home after witnessing and experiencing the true result of war. To me this putting chains on your citizens and killing them when they disagree. Almost as if a prison, forcing people to fight in a war and punishing them if they

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