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The Great War
A Soldier’s Life in World War I
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
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
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ion
The “Killjoy” had a 20 mile range
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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
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
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
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
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
Inju
ry• 65,038,000 mobilized
• 21,333,000 injured
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Poison gas strikes the skin
Death
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Over 9,000,000 dead
nothing escaped the war. . .
british
austrian
french
canadian
american
russian
british
german
austrian
french and german
german
russian
italian
french
german
“In death there is not much distinction, friend or foe are treated alike”
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Who is he? Does it even matter?