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The Great War
A Soldier’s Life in World War I
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1. When do you think this image was taken?
2. Why?
3. What is probably on his mind?
4. What do we know about this soldier?
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TheSoldiers
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It's a long way to Tipperary, It's a long way to go; It's a long way to Tipperary, To the sweetest girl I know! Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester Square, It's a long, long way to Tipperary, But my heart's right there!Mob
iliza
tion • Home by Christmas
• No major war in 50 years• Nationalism
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Dest
ruct
ion
The “Killjoy” had a 20 mile range
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Before
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Before
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Conditions
• Deafening noises, sudden flashes,
• extreme cold, little sleep• Water and mud everywhere• Trench foot• Rats, lice• Horrid sanitation
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Pois
on
Gas
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Use and Effects of Gas
• Chlorine gas - 1st used, affected respiratory system• Phosgene gas - 18 times more potent then Chlorine gas.
Can take 2 days for lungs to fill with fluid.• Mustard gas - burns eyes, skin. Swelling, vomiting
follow. Able to penetrate clothing. Battlefields couldn’t be reoccupied.
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Poison gas exploding in “no man’s land”
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Shells
hock
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Shellshock• “War neurosis” or “Combat Stress”• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)• Symptoms include tiredness, irritability, lack of
concentration, headaches.• Mental breakdown often occurred• Came from conditions, heavy artillery• Treatment not helpful - get soldiers back in the
trenches• Generals saw this as cowardice
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Shot
at
Daw
n • If surviving the enemy was not bad enough, over 1000 soldiers were executed by their own armies.
Number Killed by Nation:
•Germany - 48
•France - 600
•Britain - 346
•Italy - 500+
•Canada - 25
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Military Executions• Soldiers killed for insubordination, desertion,
refusing to fight• Leaders assumed it would help discipline and
morale• Those with shell-shock also executed
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Batt
les
• Battles were on a massive scale and usually last weeks
• Battle of Somme lasted 5 months
• Started with a weeklong artillery bombardment - some 1,738,000 shells
• Believed that would destroy German trenches and barbed wire - it did neither
• Germans were in deep bunkers - when shelling stopped they came up and manned machine guns
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Battle of Somme
• British troops and cavalry went “over the top”• Shear numbers allow attack to be “successful”• First day of battle 60,000 British soldiers killed• British general believed he had to attack - used
old tactics in new war• 420,000 British; 200,000 French; 500,000
Germans killed
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Inju
ry• 65,038,000 mobilized
• 21,333,000 injured
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Poison gas strikes the skin
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Death
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Over 9,000,000 dead
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nothing escaped the war. . .
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british
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austrian
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french
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canadian
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american
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russian
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british
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german
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austrian
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french and german
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german
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russian
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italian
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french
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german
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“In death there is not much distinction, friend or foe are treated alike”
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Who is he? Does it even matter?
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