The Western Front

The Western Front – Trench Warfare between Allies (England, France, Belgium) and German forces.

Schlieffen plan failed after the battle of the Marne- trench warfare

Starting in 1916 the Germans established a defensive strategy known as the Hindenburg line.

Trench Warfare Diary

Directions:

1. You are to sketch each power point slide.2. You are to create a very short diary entry/letter home explaining what is happening in the

drawing- create a story that details your experiences in the trenches.3. After each slide write down the short note that is provided (this is testable material)

4. For bonus points you can act out the picture.

You found this map lying around – in a short diary entry or letter describe where you are fighting and what nation you are fighting for.

The year is 1916.

Write what life living in a trench must have been like.

FoodWhat would you talk about?Hygiene and sanitationDescribe your trench

Trench foot

Waiting for the attack– see clip for attack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJZttzblHFQ&NR=1

Going Over the Top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC7hRuVPdtg

Going Over the Top

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kC7hRuVPdtg

What would your thoughts be as you heard the command to go over the top?

No Man’s Land

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEaHnD0DIgc&feature=related

No Man’s Land

Why was no man’s land so dangerous and difficult to pass though?

What weapons were created to get through no man’s land?

Preparing for a Gas attack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASg0H-XsQ5E&feature=related

GAS!!!!

GAS aftermath

Describe your experiences in the battle

Poison Gas Deaths: 1914-1918

Country Non-Fatal Deaths Total

British Empire 180,597 8,109 188,706

France 182,000 8,000 190,000

United States 71,345 1,462 72,807

Italy 55,373 4,627 60,000

Russia 419,340 56,000 475,340

Germany 191,000 9,000 200,000

Austria-Hungary 97,000 3,000 100,000

Others 9,000 1,000 10.000

Total 1,205,655 91,198 1,296,853

British Gas Casualties: 1914-18 Deaths Non-Fatal

Chlorine 1,976 164,457

Mustard Gas 4,086 16,526 

  

Gas attack Victims

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row

That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset

glow,Loved and were loved, and now we

lieIn Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:To you from failing hands we throwThe torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though poppies

growIn Flanders fields.

The poem "In Flanders Fields" was written after John McCrae witnessed the death, and presided over the funeral, of a friend, Lt. Alexis Helmer. By most accounts it was written in his notebook and later rejected by McCrae. Ripped out of his notebook, it was rescued by a fellow officer, Francis Alexander Scrimger, and later published in Punch magazine

Rondeau

15 lines – 2 rhymes

It has three stanzas and its rhyme scheme is as follows: (1) A A B B A (2) A A B with refrain: C (3) A A B B A with concluding refrain C.

The refrain (c) must be identical with the title.

New Weapons with Old tactics

Make a prediction on the percentages of casualties.

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60 %

50 %

40 %

30 %

20 %

10 %

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Dead %

Wounded %

MIA POW %

Great War Casualties 1914-1918

Sorted by Percent of Total number Mobilized