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Somme and the Battle of Verdun at the same time. The battle of the Somme was fought by the British Empire against the German Empire. The British Empire was led by General Douglas Haig. General Douglas Haig was the senior officer and he led the western front from the late 1915 until the end of the war. General Douglas Haig served as the commander of the British Army for 3 years (1918-1921). Sadly 10 years after the war Haig passed away. The phrase ‘butcher of the Somme’ was given to General Douglas Haig

All Quiet on the Western Front is an enthralling story about WWI, which, unlike other war stories at the time, vocalized the negative aspects of the war specifically the psychological effect. You can see throughout the book, the psychological horrors which Paul experiences. This psychological aspect of stories is generally not as conspicuous or as horrifying as shown in All Quiet on the Western Front. I have always been intrigued by the psychological affect that war has on you, and this book was

of the horrific battle. This interview is especially useful since interviews from the Canadian Corps from World War 1 is extremely rare. Minutes before the attack, Lester describes he “saw the Germans hop over their trenches and put these cans in front of their trenches”. Chaos later followed as the Canadian Corps had attempted to stop the spread of what they thought was smoke, using Ross Rifles, which were useless. His time at the hospital is revisited and it provides another aspect to the whole

The novels, Soldier’s Heart and Red Badge of Courage are amazingly similar to one another. Henry the main character in Red Badge of Courage, pretended to be an injured soldier, meanwhile Charlie, the main character in Soldier’s Heart did not fake an injury while the war was going on, he stayed and fought without faking injury or running away in the battle. Comparing was very easy for the two books but contrasting the two books was very difficult because, the two books are so similar. There was an

“Judgement” is an episode from the series Angel, which was directed by Michael Lange. This episode is full of action, drama, and fantasy. It is based on the people having the judgement about other on their appearance. On the other hand, the fantasy novel “Fool Moon” is written by Jim Butcher. “Fool Moon” is the novel which follows the character of Harry Dresden, who is known as professional wizard. It also shows Dresden being skeptical in telling the truth about what is happening in the surrounding

1919’s “The Battle of Somme” is a British Propaganda film presenting a sanitized perspective of war, directed by Geoffrey Malins, who was a British photographer assigned to the Western Front during the First World War. The source is reliable as evidence as the film was shown by the British government as a morale-booster, evident in the depictions of trench warfare shown to audiences as “authentic” footage to prove British strength and determination in the war. The film exhibits the British soldier’s

The Third Battle of Ypres The First World War was a long and bloody conflict, the world’s first taste of mechanized warfare. The Third Battle of Ypres fought from July-November 1917 was a long costly battle, a perfect example of huge loss for little gain. This investigation will explore the causes and consequences of this battle, give an insight into what happened during the battle and how it was and still is significant to New Zealanders. Overall this battle was a long battle of attrition that did

When the first ceremony took place, a couple was given a male newchild named Caleb as a replacement child. To begin with, according to The Giver, the first Caleb, who was 4 years old, “wandered away unnoticed, and had fallen into a river,” and had died. As a result, the “Ceremony of Loss” occurred, which is murmuring the name throughout the whole day, less often, quieter, so that the child is forgotten. To add on, this incident shows that the community tried to eliminate any dangerous situations

been an important strategy that soldiers used to protect themselves and their comrades. Trench warfare is best defined when two sides fight from ditch to ditch and protect themselves from enemy fire. This tactic was used mostly in the western front in france during world war one. The trench warfare system is a complicated system of trenches that had many interlinking lines of trenches. The trenches consisted of many things including a communication trench, a machine gun nest, an underground

German military strategist were ready when the declarations of war began flying all over Europe. They intended to lock off the Russians in the east, smoothly kick France out of the war through a plan known as the Schliefffen Plan, then throw their full force, collaborating with Austria-Hungary, against the Russians. The Schliefffen Plan, named after General Alfred von Schlieffen who created it during 1905, called for invading the small countries like Luxembourg and Belgium in order to bypass to the