Wasatch Front

It’s been three days since my regiment was sent to fight in the trenches on the Western Front of this “Two Front War” or more befittingly, “The War to End All Wars”. When we arrived, we were greeted with open arms by British Soldiers that called us “Doughboys”. A few soldiers happily showed us around the trenches and warned us about the high water level and mud, explaining how it can lead to vile “trench feet”. The soldiers also warned us of the danger that is German poison gas attacks and how we

“Swimmers step up,” the announcer was starting me for my first IM (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle). I stepped up to the block my knees shaky and I was feeling weak as my stomach was turning in knots. I tightened my goggles and stepped up to the block. “Take your mark” I bent down ready to leap off the block and then “BEEEEP”. Before I knew it I was in the water swimming butterfly in the icy cold water. All that I had been feeling before was gone the shakiness, the weakness

The battle of the Somme would be a learning example for the remainder of World War I. It would show the futility of trench warfare and the negative and lasting effects this would have on the people involved. The British had never attempted the tactics that were used by the Artillery in a conflict on the scale in which it was used during this battle. For example, an artillery barrage on this scale was never used before. The implementation of the allied Artillery was a new concept for both the

1) “Today students we are going to look closer at tornadoes and where they are formed. Who will tell me how tornadoes are formed that we learned yesterday?” answer: tornadoes are formed by a cold front coming from Canada pushing into a warm front from the gulf of Mexico. The cold air pushes the warm air up in a spiral causing a tornado to form. Ask “where do you think tornadoes form the most?” accept answers of all kind and ask the students to explain their thinking by asking why. Call on a few students

Today has been the most eventful day in all my life. I almost got my leg cut off, tried to kill myself, and became a war hero, in line to be promoted to Lieutenant. I cannot remember much from the first battle, in which I almost lost my foot, besides the blinding pain the came during it. I suspect the feeling will not leave me for the rest of my days. Pain so blinding I could not even manage a scream of pain. If was as if lightning had struck me and all the hornets in the world had decides that I

World War I was a global war that originated in Europe and lasted from July 1914 to November 1918. Two writers that described their feelings during the war were Erich Maria Remarque, who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front, and Edward Thomas, who wrote “This is no case of petty right or wrong”. While Thomas uses metaphors and an aggravated tone to reveal why patriotism is more beneficial than nationalism in his poem, Remarque more effectively presents this theme through his more extensive use of

According to the video, World War One is famous for the use of trench warfare. There was mobility elsewhere in the East and Africa but the Western Front was closed down by a 475 mile stretch from North Sea to the Swiss boarder in the South that barely moved during the four years of the war. As the war went on and spread in 1914, something happened in the Western Front. Because of exhaustion, reduced reserves, and the extreme loss of life, both sides dug in and assumed a defensive posture. Each side was challenged

trenches to be followed by more little bites to gain territory. Both generals were proven wrong on their expectations, but Rawlinson’s was the more realistic objective. The artillery plan was that the field guns would destroy the German barbed wire in front of the trenches and the heavy guns were to attack the enemy’s artillery and trenches. The artillery was to be the key to the offensive. Another key point in key to being offensive was the enemy's position was situated on a high, rigid piece of ground

January 2015 War in All Quiet on the Western Front World War one was a war of severe tribulation. resulting in over 50 million deaths, it was one of the deadliest conflicts in human history. Known as the “Western Front”, the border of Germany and France was the site to some of the bloodiest battles of the war. There are very few novels that truly exemplify the events that took place along this front. Erich Maria Remarque’s novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Displays important themes, imagery, and

Hanna and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque lets us into the minds of Paul Pireaud and Paul Baumer as they try to survive life as a soldier in the Great War. I argue that Pireaud and Baumer had very different reasons for continuing to fight despite having suffered beyond belief. In this paper I will analyze how the varying degrees of patriotism, brotherhood, family life at home, and age affected how these two men endured the treacherous life on the front of World War I. To begin with