World War One Poetry
20th Century Poetry Max Lewis 10p During the 1st world war many poems were written by the soldiers and by normal citizens expressing their views on the war. Some in favour of the war- these were generally written by the normal citizens. And the poems that were written by the soldiers showed just how dreadful the war was and how they had to survive in the awful conditions of the trenches and the land around them destroyed by the fighting and weather. Some of the poems from the war are recognised throughout the world. And many of the poets famous for the service to the country and for the poems they produced, for example: Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. Many of the poets who weren't actually fighting in the war wrote poems trying to encourage young me to join up for the war, they glorified war and made it sound like a bit of fun. For example Jessie Popes "who's For The Game?" "Who's for the game, the biggest that's played" Refers to war as a game. Suggesting that war is no more than a big game which everyone can enjoy. Who'll grip and tackle the job unafraid? And who thinks he'd rather sit tight? Who'll toe the line for the signal to "Go!"? Who'll give his country a hand? Pope is asking the reader if they would be brave, do as they are told, go out there are do well for their country or who will prefer to miss out and sit at home. Who wants
History - World War One
World War One - GCSE History Coursework All Questions: Question 1: Why Did British Men Enlist in the British Army in 1914? On the outbreak of war in August 1914, it was clear that more soldiers were needed. On 7th August, Lord Kitchener began a recruiting campaign calling for volunteers aged 19-30 to join up. At first this was very successful with an average of 33,000 joining every day. Three weeks later Kitchener raised the recruiting age to 35 and by the middle of September over 500,000 had volunteered. Men signed, for a number of reasons. This included patriotism, guilt, money and even adventure. Many had never been abroad, and used the war as an excuse to travel and have some fun. One reason why the men signed up was because many thought it would be an easy ride, and joined to see the world, and have an adventure. They used mothers and girlfriends to persuade the men to join, by using the White Feather modus operandi and the Mothers Union, even issuing posters stating ''Is your best boy wearing khaki'', the poster stated that if he was not wearing it, he does not want to protect the country or you, that suggested they weren't would not be worthy of their girlfriends, encouraging girlfriends to force their 'best boys' to join the army. This made the men feel guilty, and as a result they signed up to fight. The
World War One Project
WORLD WAR ONE1 Imagine hunkering in a rat-infested trench, with armour piercing bullets tearing the side of the trenches, leaving you more exposed by the second. Imagine trekking through thick, dense and potentially fatal jungle with a 20 kilogram pack laden on your shoulder. Imagine sitting in the cockpit of a fighter plane, when all of a sudden your engines overheat and your steering columns jam and you plunge to certain death. This is the perils faced by the brave, courageous and patriotic men who put their lives on line for the sake of their country during World War One. If you have the guts, read on and learn about what led to this terrible war between two super powers of their time, the impact it left on its people, the treacherous time in the trenches, Wilfred Owen and his ghastly poems, the murderous weapons used, how woman played an important role and how a flower touched the hearts of many and was used to honour the dead. Your first’s thoughts are probably what were the causes of a war that left millions dead and many more injured or missing? A lot of contributing factors led to increased tension between different countries but one assassination caused bedlam. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was on a visit to Bosnia on the 28th of June 1914 to try to force them to join the Central Power. Some Serbian’s where unhappy with that and they enjoined a group of
History Coursework - World War One Sources Question
History Coursework - World War One Sources Question ) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. Sources A and B are an earlier type of source, depending on the patriotic fervour that swept Britain at the war's outset, portraying enlistment as a duty to the country and empire. The posters themselves being of an accusatory nature, demanding from the reader "What did you do in the war?" and that they should "Go!", the fighting taking a crusade-like facade in which the only way to please parents, friends and girls was to join up and head towards the fighting. That this was accepted by many, was partly because the war was seen as an adventure, and perhaps because the last war where there was mass recruitment was almost one hundred years previous, the majority of those fighting in the interlude being well-trained career soldiers. Source C, however, is a much later source, as can be determined from the approach it uses to "persuade" people to enlist, preventing the "mad brute (of) militarism", in this case, a raving gorilla, that represents Germany, from reaching out from Europe (bottom-centre, right) which has been decimated, to the shores of "America" (bottom, centre). The poster compels the reader to joint up for the US army, probably after the USA
World war one propaganda
Question 1: 'The most important aim for war time propaganda was to encourage the hatred of the enemy. Is there sufficient evidence in Sources A to J to support this interpretation?' Explain your answer using sources and knowledge from your studies. The Dora act was introduced in 1914 which gave the British government powers to censor all forms of media to the British nation and the power to requisition for the 'war effort' 'to prevent persons communicating with the enemy or obtaining information for that purpose or any purpose calculated to jeopardise the success of the operations of any of His Majesty's forces'. Defence realm act, 1914. These regulations were to affect all people in every aspect of their life and change their views. The government used many methods of propaganda in the war effort as a tactic to generate three factors as historians have categorised. The first is the hatred of the enemy; the second is patriotism and third was to make the public believe that the British were morally superior. From the sources provided, I will attempt to analyse two sources, using them and other knowledge to come to a conclusion, whether there is sufficient evidence to support the given statement. I will begin analysing sources which showed patriotism (A, G). Firstly, the nature source A is questionable; the novel may sound to be distorted as a piece of exaggerated
World War One; A Limited & Total War
Word Count: 850 World War One Paper 2 Briana Dick 21May12 Mod 1A World War I was both a limited war and total war, but, most of the information given and used to back up this statement, indicates that World War I was majorly a total war dealing with three different aspects of our lives: the economy, social standards, and political issues. At the start of the war in Great Britain, the government takes charge of the War Policy, which is still considered limited war at this point (Packet). When war was declared in August of 1914, many men thought of war as something to honor their country by, so when the government asked for at least 100,000 men to volunteer being a soldier (Packet). So many men volunteered for those positions, there ended up being around 750,000 volunteer soldiers (Packet). At this time, the war was still limited due to lack of Government interference, but, once word got out about how bad the war conditions were, there was a lot less men who volunteered to serve (Packet). The government still needed men to help with the cause, so Great Britain took action. Since the government took control of a lot more than the War policy, that turned the war more total by drafting men from the ages 18-41, later also expanding their drafting pool to men from the ages 18-51 (Packet). This shows that as the war continues, even from the
Causes of World War One
Why was there a world war? Introduction World War 1 was a major conflict between July 28th 1914 and November 11th 1918. Nations from across Europe and the world such as Russia, Britain, France, Germany and Austria -Hungary were involved. From this war there was a death of over eight million people. The heir to the throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian national. This event was to kick off the First World War, but was only a trigger in why it came about. Causes of the war also dealt with Nationalism, Imperialism, and militarism along with the prominent alliance systems in Europe all strongly affected the outbreak of the war. Alliances Prior to 1914, the nations of Europe had been making alliances for twenty years. It was thought the alliances would bring peace and were needed when a country believed that the enemy is too strong for them, so they would call upon their allies for aid. Each country would protect each other if a war broke out, Making it stupid for one country to have war with another. The bad thing of these alliances was that an argument between two countries could bring all the other countries into one war. Before World War 1, the following alliances existed: * Russia and Serbia * Germany and Austria-Hungary * France and Russia * Britain and France and Belgium * Japan and Britain Unfortunately World War 1 broke
Was World War one inevitable?
WAS WORLD WAR ONE INEVITABLE? Alex Nathan February 2002 There are many different views on why World War 1 started, and whether it was always going to happen. Some thought it was Germany's ambition that brought about the war, some thought that Austria's desire to crush Serbia started it, but a clear answer has never been found. World War 1 was called the war to end all wars. When the news came to the people of the countries involved in 1914, the majority seemed happy and excited that they were at war. The triple alliance (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy) was at war with the triple entente (France, Russia and Britain). Before the war, Britain and Russia had tried to settle the rising tension in Europe with peaceful negotiations, but Kaiser Wilhelm and his Austria-Hungary alliance declined these offers. Germany gave Austria-Hungary the "blank cheque" or in other words the go-ahead to declare war on Serbia, and France gave Russia, who had signed a military agreement with Serbia, the go-ahead to defend the Serbs. This, adding to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo on 28th June 1914, all combined to mark the start of the second biggest war in the last century. But the question is, was this war inevitable? This essay will argue that World War 1 was inevitable because of the tension between the Balkan countries and the great powers, as well as the
What effects did World War One have on social classes?
Tim Brooker AA312 R8413113 TMA 03 Question:- What effects did World War One have on social classes? This TMA question, like many before, poses a short, succinct question to which the answer is anything but. The first hurdle encountered is how we deal with what is meant by the term 'class'. There are also sub-divisions within a class, which may affect its status at the end of the war, such as religion, nationality, culture and gender, as well as whether it was on the victorious side, or not. The second deals with the many differing ideas on the nature and position of pre-war society. The use of the term 'class' when used under Marxist conditions makes a distinction between a class 'in itself' and 'for itself'. "A class was only considered fully mature when it recognised its own interests, which were in conflict with those of other classes, and acted for itself in support of these interests." (Unit 3 page 106). Neither this view of the term 'class' or Weber's version, which separates 'class' and 'status' are used in unit. Instead, it is defined by Arthur Marwick as 'social structure' or 'social stratification'. In each of the European countries the collective populations were separated into social groups by differing "levels of wealth, power, freedom of various sorts, and by different patterns of living conditions and
Warfare of World War One
SASE MRS. WRIGHT Warfare of World War One World War One, "The Great War" as many people then named it after the end, but why was it the 'great' war? There were great effects, therefore great battles, and therefore vast warfare to create such an effect on the world. Many new ideas were introduced and used in WW1 and I will go on to explain that and also other warfare of WW1. Aerial fighters were a new involvement in combat as the first aeroplane was invented late1800's. Development progressed on aircrafts from the start of WW1 in 1914 to the end of the Great War in 1918, creating not just in-flight combat weapons, but a new transportation for men and supplies to be used in and after the war. Aircrafts including Zeppelins, Fokkers, bombers, and fighter planes they were the history of aerial warfare in WW1. Britain and Germany lead the skies with about 200 planes from Britain and Germany have somewhat more. At first pilots took riffles and guns to shoot down the enemy, but later on guns etc. were added to the plane, and bombs were taken on board and dropped below onto the enemy. Being a pilot put you in a treacherous situation. Before they even went to war there was minimal training because of the small number of aircraft so there was no experience in flying, also no experience
