A Soldier's Life

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? 1.

The Soldiers

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! Mobilization
Home by Christmas
No major war in 50 years
Nationalism
2-3

Destruction The “Killjoy” had a 20 mile range 6.

Before After

Trenches

Conditions
Deafening noises, sudden flashes,
extreme cold, little sleep
Water and mud everywhere
Trench foot
Rats, lice
Horrid sanitation
8.

Poison 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.
8.

Poison gas exploding in “no man’s land” 9.

Shellshock

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
10.

Shot at Dawn
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
11.

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
Battles

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

Injury
65,038,000 mobilized
21,333,000 injured
12.

Poison gas strikes the skin

Death 13.

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” 9. 12.

Who is he? Does it even matter?

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A Soldier's Life

by Dan McDowell on Dec 06, 2006

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