Wwan War Research Paper

The first shipment of prisoners to reach Andersonville came from Libby Prison in Virginia on February 24, 1864 (Hackmann 1). From that day on, 400 men showed up each day. At the end of June, 26,000 men were held captive, and by August, the total had risen to 33,000, making that the largest population of men held at one time. Originally meant to detain only 10,000 men, a solution needed to be found. (2 “Andersonville” 1) The Confederates made the decision to expand the stockade to twenty-six acres, but that did not help the declining conditions (Hackmann 1). Henry Devillez remembers arriving on June 18, 1864, and states, “. . . we [Naviaux, Devillez, and both Rogier brothers] beheld misery on all sides. Sickness and death by hundreds was the program every day.” Over time the creek banks gave way and resulted in the whole compound becoming a swamp infested with maggots and lice. The pests would

It shows the harsh and terrible conditions, which the Australian troops, experienced, whilst in the trenches. “Great, sleek, corpse-fed rats ran in squads between our legs” depicts the dirty conditions of which, the Australians experienced, where sixteen per cent died from typhoid, dysentery and gastroenteritis. This was the major cause of death in Australian troops. In the winter the weather would get down to below zero. There were reports of Australians toes falling off, after freezing and contracting gangrene. This would occur when the trenches were filled with mud up to their ankles in a trench two metres wide and 2 metres high. When the Australians arrived at the Western front, the first thing they saw were the lines of wounded soldiers being taken to the rear. As they got closer, they could feet the earth shake, and hear the constant ‘crump’ of artillery shells. This was known as trench foot and not uncommon in Australian soldiers. George states, “It is one of the things Kipling forgot to tell us” differing much from what they had expected the war to be like. The hard work and enduring sacrifices that they made in these harsh conditions evaluates the contribution of Australian soldiers to the Western Front

The command area surrounded the prisoner camp. Nine guard towers, ditches, tall concrete walls, and electrified barbed wire encircled the whole camp. A maintenance building and living quarters for 200 SS trainees and 200 camp guards were positioned near to the camps

These had the effect of Australia feeling vulnerable and lonely, and all the traditional beliefs of the mother country, Britain, coming to Australia’s aid in time of need vanished and with the reaction of Britain towards Australia, Australian Government had to accept the fact that they were only expendable part of the British Empire. Australia, led by the Curtin Government at the time, at last realized the limits of British powers, yet desperate in need of allies and protectors, looked up to the United States as the only support to assist Australia. This realization made a great impact in the changes of the relationships between Britain and Australia. United States did come to rescue Australia in 1942 but the motive was for its self interest because Australia was the best place from which the Americans could apply its counter offenses against the Japanese, and when General MacArthur arrived in Australia he was greatly welcomed by the Australia government, seeing as they didn’t have much choice other than follow US military strategies due to the fall of British power.

They were placed near semi-arid areas where life would have been harsh even under an environment with conditions met with human standards along with its surroundings. In the winter, it was too cold, and during the summer, it was too hot. Although recreational activities were set up in the camps to pass the time, you were still severely limited in the set of actions you could do. Space was crowded, and the only set of locations that you could go to were schools, hospitals, bathrooms, libraries and post offices. Food in the camps were produced army-stye grub. In other words, it did not offer much variety and the quality of the foods didn’t exceed standards as to what a normal American citizen might think of what they eat. Because of how severely limited life was in these camps, 3,600 Japanese-Americans had volunteered to enter Armed forces. In 1945, some camps had allowed people living in them to return back to the West so they could get back home or start a new life, though the last camp closed on March

At the camp in Manzanar each barracks were sixteen by twenty feet with one light bulb in the middle”We were assigned to of these for the twelve people in our family group: and our official family “number” was enlarged by three digits -16”(Houston pg 959). Jeanne’s new family only had a little amount of room to live. The ones that took this the hardest was newly married couples. Privacy was a big deal for some people so one person made a screen out of cardboard. However screens appeared one or two at a time “They were first built of scrap lumber. Word would get around that block such and such had partitions now, and mama and my older sisters would walk halfway across the camp to use them”(Houton pg 964). These people had no privacy, but did not do heavy work.

The idea for Camp Lewis was fought for by the civilian populace of Pierce County in Washington State. Late in1916, as war continued to escalate in Europe, a private group of concerned citizens gathered at American Lake to organize a training program designed for civilian personnel. The program was designed to encourage readiness among the community in preparation for the possibility of going to war in Europe.

Naismith remarks the number of Canadians Soldiers at the Canadian hospital at Bulford Manor rose from 150 to 780 during this torrential downpour.12 Shortly thereafter, the 11th along with other Battalions formed the Canadian Training Depot at Tidworth Barracks in Wiltshire.13

The 16,500-acre site consisted of two separate camps, with the larger of the two, Butte Camp, located 3-1/2 miles west of Canal Camp. The Sacaton Mountains rise three miles to the south and the Superstition Mountains are visible in the distance. The average summer temperature is 104 degrees and has been known to reach 125 degrees. Life at Gila River appeared to be the most relaxed of all the camps. Only one watchtower was erected and the barbed-wire fences were removed early on. The camp’s administrators were sympathetic to the evacuees plight and were lenient in giving them access to Phoenix and recreational activities in the surrounding desert. Because Gila River was considered a showplace compared with the other camps, Eleanor Roosevelt made a surprise visit to the camp in 1943 to look into charges that the Japanese Americans there were given special treatment. Her observations were published in Collier’s Magazine on October 10, 1943. In it, she described the camp’s austere living conditions and commented “ A Japanese American may be no more Japanese than a German-American is German, or an Italian-American is Italian, or of any other national background. All of these people, including the Japanese Americans, have men who are fighting today for the preservation of the democratic way of life and the ideas around which our nation was built.” The camp was plagued with problems early on because the original plan called for a maximum population of 10,000 and the peak population of more nearly 14,000 was reached before construction was finished. People were crowded into barracks and some had to temporarily stay in mess halls, recreation halls and even latrines. Families living in the cramped rooms hung blankets for doors and walls. There were chronic water shortages, and the use of evaporative coolers was curtailed for a period. The unrelenting

Major growth of Sheep Camp rose in the early months of 1898. Forty log buildings were erected and a post office was operating by early April. Tents and buildings stretched across the narrow valley in April of 1898 and the town’s length extended from one to two miles (Norris 1986). A newspaper reported that Sheep Camp had two drug stores, a hospital, fifteen hotels and restaurants, coffee stands, two laundries, a bath house, numerous saloons, and lodging houses too numerous to mention (Norris 1986). The majority of people coming into Sheep Camp did so by dragging sleds, hauling packs, or leading pack animals. A rough winter road also reached the camp allowing a small number of people to arrive by wagon. During a brief period in time, a well

In 1884 the Hyde Park Barracks changed from to a Female Immigration Depot. The convicts in Hyde Park were relocated to Cockatoo Island. Orphan girls from Ireland, females from the jailhouses of Britain, young women looking for new prospects, and women and children of convicts were provided with short-term shelter until they were collected by family or friends or waiting to be employed. At dusk, they slept on iron beds in dormitories. In 1862 the main buildings top floor was transformed into an asylum, offering care and housing for aged, poor, terminally and mentally ill women.

They were set up across the country in the first year of the war. At concentration camps overcrowding, filth, and the torment of heat, cold, dysentery, and lice were the best prisoners could hope for. The worst conditions were extremely brutal. Long beatings were daily events.(Yancey P49-50)

Have you ever wondered, what were the World War Two camps made of ? What's inside of them? How much do they cost? How long do they take to build? These are the things that I’m researching.

Second Charles fort has many different attractions and it was abandoned by the British. Charles fort was supposed to be impenetrable.it has troop sleeping quarters and it also has parade grounds, a hospital, gun and ammunition stores, and barracks and stables.

On the 16th of January, Jack stepped out of the tavern and surveyed his surroundings. The sun was just rising over the tree line on the east shore of the Cape Fear River, the 84th Regiment was mustering on the eastern end of Cross Creek Towne Commons;, he could hear the beat of the Regimental Drummer.