There was poor dysentery. There was freezing cold, wet winters and hot, dry summers. The dead bodies in the heat would have made trench fighting a misery. This is a quote about the
Many of these diseases flourished because of the continual exposure to wet and damp that the soldiers
On August 4th 1914 Britain declared war on Germany for violating Belgian neutrality. Australia as allies soon followed and sent troops who departed to Gallipoli in October 1914 along with troops from France, New Zealand and Britain. As the war continued the troops travelled to The Western front where 5,533 soldiers were seriously injured in only 24 hours, by the end of the year the list of casualties grew 40,000. In 1917, 76,836 soldiers were added to the list of casualties in battles in Bullecourt, Messines, and the four-month operation around Ypres, recognised as the battle of Passchendaele. For Australia, World War 1 remains the most damaging conflict in terms of deaths and casualties.
Trenches were muddy and smelly, many of the dead bodies were buried nearby. Toilets sometimes overflowed and went into the trenches. Millions of rats infested the trenches some were as big as cats and lice spread within the soldiers. Trench foot was one of the most common problems that the soldiers in the trenches faced.
World War Two was a long extended period of fighting, Grief, and Death. Allied forces slowly gained naval and air fights in the Pacific. Soldiers had to deal with harsh rain conditions, Mud, and Humid heat. US soldiers were not prepared for the heat condition, and they had to carry equipment everywhere they went. The water and food supply was rationed to save food.
Soldiers had to take shelter in water-filled craters. The mud covered rifle barrels and breeches making them difficult to fire. It consumed soldiers as they slept, and slowed down stretcher bearers. “The first day I went in, the mud was six inches deep everywhere, and in most places halfway up to my knees” (Colyer, 137). Another significance of
They woke up, fought, and slept with hope of making it through the twenty four hours in a day, in order to find a way home to their families. The rugged terrain and muddy trenches caused sickness and the compaction of marines resulted in diseases spreading like wildfires. “ We were in mud all the time. We fought in the wet, slept in it, ate our soggy, cold rations in it (Chapter 17 page 76).” The rain and rocky steep floors increased enemy sightings often putting the marines at risk.
The winter was so brutal, that soldiers were dying, of sickness, lack of food, and exposure. Even I, as a soldier, almost faced death because of the coldness. It was a very hard winter. People were saying that if the winter was any worse it could have been considered an Ice Age. The ice was black and shining.
Compare and contrast strategy (incl. technology/air power/naval power/land power) between WW1 and WW2. The use of air power as a strategy of war was highly contingent on the development of technology and became more and more significant to wars as technology developed. When compared to World War I, the second world war saw an improvement of technological capacities, leading to an enhanced production of aerial power along with the emergence of new tactics and strategies of war.
WW1 is known as the first modern war because it saw the incorporation of mechanical weapons. The Central Powers and Allies both used a variety of weapons such as machine guns, chemical weapons , clothing, biplanes, artillery, tanks, grenades, and rifles. These weapons were state of the art for the early 20th century. These weapons caused casualties to skyrocket as the Allies and the Central Powers were in a stalemate.
WWI (1914-1918) was a disastrous conflict between two sides - the Allied Powers and the Central Powers. It resulted in the victory of the Allies. There were plenty of Central Powers weaknesses, the Schlieffen plan, weak allies of Germany and their hard economic situation at the end of the WWI. However, it was not only due to these weaknesses, Allied Powers had a few strengths, that made them won. The most important of these are : greater army, control of the sea and support of the USA since 1917, while Germany was already running out of supplies and soldiers.
Throughout the Middle Ages, religion was a strong, pervasive force in society. Most individuals were more concerned with God and the possibility of the afterlife than they were with current human affairs, says Encylopedia Britannica. By the time the Renaissance occurred, this social attitude was beginning to change. Religion was still practiced, but people began to be more focused on secular or humanist values, rather than spirituality, at this
Depending on which army the solider belonged to, this meant that the typical solider was carrying 55 pounds to 75 pounds worth of equipment and belongings. “This Equipment comprised of: two blankets rolled up in a ground sheet, a spare pair of boots, a sheepskin or quilted coat, a shovel, or pair of heavy wire-clippers, a mess-tin and a large pail for rations, two liters of win, two quarts of water, food for four days, 200 cartridges, six hand grenades and a gas-mask, as well as assorted clothes and personal belongings.” (Ellis, 36). Soldiers would generally cover 15 to 20 miles with only 10 minutes of rest per the hour while tracking in muddy trenches with these immensely heavy
Comparison between WW1 and WW2. Ali Hamza 5B (4) 1.How and why they began One of the differences between World War 1 and 2 is how and why they began. World War 1 started when assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinandwhich created an explosive reaction from Europe because of years of built up hostility and distrust. When World War 2 broke out it was because Germany began invading neighbouring countries like Austria and Yugoslavia.
The First World War (WWI) was fought from 1914 to 1918 and the Second World War (or WWII) was fought from 1939 to 1945. They were the largest military confrontations in human history. Both wars involved military alliances between different groups of countries. While the WWI involved the alliance system, the WWII involved the Axis Powers and the Central Powers. Periods and duration
