The great Mahatma Gandhi once said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.... This is a good example of nationalism because the Serbs want to express pride in their culture and return to the rule under their natives, and join fellow Serbians. ... Many soldiers wanted to express their nationalism in any way possible. ... Another negative impact on soldiers during the war was symptoms of PTSD. ... The Countries that fought in World War I thought they were fighting for their own good throughout the war. ...

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Before World War one the perfect war tactics were cavalry charge with foot soldiers following. ... Soldiers had to wade through knee deep in mud for days. ... These bombardments were not anything good either. ... This even effected soldiers years after the war was over. ... This meant that the soldiers would go underground, and when the bombing stopped they would step out as they knew the soldiers were coming, and because the soldiers walked across "no man's land" this gave the German's enough time to ready their weapons. ...

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A good leader should affected the war in such the way he/she wants with great leadership skills, making good decisions, and determined the outcome of the war. ... No one loved war or being able to command his/her soldiers as Patton did. ... He had good vision, and clear sense of direction. ... They should trust their soldiers just like their soldiers trusted him. ... He always put up a good fight and takes the offense. ...

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All Quiet on the Western Front is a book about the life of a soldier during World War I. It focuses on a young German soldier by the name of Paul Baumer and the changes and struggles he faces throughout the war. ... The book starts off where the German soldiers are resting right after they had just fought a battle. Paul talks about how they had all lined up for breakfast and that the cook had only prepared for about 80 of the soldiers. ... Paul had become fairly good friends with this forty-year-old soldier who goes by the name Kat. ...

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Remarque is accurately able to portray the many stresses soldiers go through because he was actually a soldier himself, and was wounded in World War 1. ... After the war the soldiers usually never recovered from the war. ... The story is told by Paul Baumer, a German soldier during World War I. ... Good leaders act in the best interest of their people and I believe that we are fortunate to have great leaders who keep all of our freedoms as their first priority. Without good leaders ...

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Gandhi once commented, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.... When looking closely at the events of World War I, it becomes clear that the soldiers support Gandhi's argument about violence. Prior to the war, soldiers and countries believed that entering the war was a good idea based on nationalism through propaganda and peer pressure, but both in the short and long term, the actual consequences include not only the loss of innocence of the soldiers but also the catalyst that propelled the nations into th...

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Remarque was a soldier during the first World War and actually had a stint on the front at one time. ... This is a very common misconception that Remarque attempts to rid the reader of very early when in the first chapter, Pauls good friend Kemmerich has his leg amputated from a bullet and then dies a painfully slow death with Paul at his side. ... The War has made the soldiers seem to not care when they see other soldiers limbs shot off, half-bodies lying around right next to them, an occurrence that would make any normal human cringe at the sight of it. ... Also, the gear that the soldier...

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First, the young soldiers in World War I were a lost generation. ... He and the other soldiers were forced to become ruthless killers in order to survive. ... The war took a heavy toll on the soldiers who fought in it. the terror of death infested the minds of the soldiers until they broke down. ... Lastly, the French girls remark is true in that the soldiers lost touch with their friends and families. ...

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A French soldier jumped in, and Paul stabbed him instinctively. ... But it was too late; the French soldier was dying. In order to lighten the guilt, Paul told the French soldier he would tell his family what was happened on him. ... This indicated that the victims of the war are not the countries, not the leaders of the war, but the soldiers and only the soldiers in the war. ... He felt sorry for every soldier in the war, he knew the reason why they became enemies was because their different nationalities, he had very good relationships with his friends, when his friends wounded, he console...

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Linden was a lawyer and his family belonged to the German upper class, however, "as far as everyone in Upper Street ham was concerned, the only good German was a dead one" (Pg. 137). ... Tarrant fell from the good graces of many and became ignored, despised and shunned by many villagers. ... In the past wars, soldiers would charge and attempted to break through enemy lines on horseback. ... Many corpses of soldiers were "stacked like lumber or buried in mud to keep from smelling" (Pg. 316). ... Most war songs were not composed by professional musicians, but created by soldiers. ...

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In attempts to do that the Commission more or less declared war on "working-class" women to prevent them from having sexual relationships with soldiers." ... They told the soldiers and the civilians what movies they could watch, and what activities they could participate in. They were determined to make the soldiers of World War I good, decent and respectful citizens. ... " Not only was there no effort by the CTCA to organize recreation for the African American soldiers, but the soldiers were also excluded from activities to which the surely wanted an invitation." ... Even if the cause o...

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I think this poem is very patriotic and though many consider it too romantic compared to the gruesome works of some World War 1 poets such as Wilfred Owen, it gives a very good image of young men's attitudes when entering the world before they had been hardened by the experience of war. ... In "Dulce et decorum Est pro patria mori" describes a soldier dying of poison gas. In the first two lines it describes soldiers who are tired, trudging back home with heavy backpacks. ... The third line down describes the soldier the poem is about, that he is stumbling trying to get his helmet on. ...

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Consequently, trench warfare affected Australian soldiers in many different ways. ... While the design and network of the trenches was a reasonably good tactic, the reality of living in the trenches was a completely different story. ... Weil's disease was one carried by rats that entered the body of soldiers through open cuts and sores. ... Lice were also a problem in the trenches as they would lay their eggs in the soldiers clothes, and because the soldiers were unable to wash or clean their clothes, the eggs would hatch and bite the soldiers and often cause infections and fevers and ...

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Consequently, trench warfare affected Australian soldiers in many different ways. ... While the design and network of the trenches was a reasonably good tactic, the reality of living in the trenches was a completely different story. ... Weil's disease was one carried by rats that entered the body of soldiers through open cuts and sores. ... Lice were also a problem in the trenches as they would lay their eggs in the soldiers clothes, and because the soldiers were unable to wash or clean their clothes, the eggs would hatch and bite the soldiers and often cause infections and fevers and ...

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During war, soldiers fight because of their fear of death, causing their survival instinct to take over. ... Meanwhile, on the inside, the soldiers crushed innocence leads them to fight for survival. ... Soldiers are misled constantly about what they are fighting for. Many soldiers join the military wanting to fight for their country and glory. ... After all, it may feel good at first to contribute to one's country out of honor and duty, however, ultimately what is it good for to fight if it just causes them to become distressed and hopeless like in "the lost generation....

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The soldiers lived their lives in these trenches. ... Halfway up the trench were ledges called "fire steps" where the soldiers could shoot from. ... Almost all of the soldiers suffered from lice. ... During an attack soldiers would fix bayonets and wait for the whistle from their officer that would order the "over the top", aware that minutes later they stood a good chance of being killed or maimed for life. ... Officers and soldiers alike all had a common hatred of civilians "They hated the smiling women in the streets. ...

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Is it the soldiers of a global war or the idiots of a global fight? ... Many of the wars start off as good wars such as World War II in which the Allies tried to stop Hitler from destroying the Jewish population of Europe. ... In the American Civil War, the Confederates and Union soldiers both used spies to gather information. In Ambrose Bierce's "AN Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", Peyton Farquhar was a planter who helped the Confederates by spying on the Union soldiers and also sabotage their plans. ... In general, wars are no good and all they bring is death and misery when...

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The government also used posters to recruit and mobilise making the troops hate the other side e.g. the government would paint horrible cartoons of Hitler doing barbaric acts or the German soldiers bombing innocent targets such as children and women, and other such war crimes and this would encourage people to join because they wanted to make a difference. The men of Britain saw only the good parts of the war that occurred because the government would censor the material that was shown to the public so that they did not the true horror of the war that was being fought, however the government...

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Alexandra gave birth to a son, Alexis, and Nicholas was to announce the good news. ... Even some soldiers wanted to join them. ... They stopped at the town square to be greeted by a line of soldiers. The soldiers immediately began shooting and slaughtered all of the rioters. ... The soldiers came in and took the nurse and killed him. ...

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Soldiers who have never been sea sick in their life were on that day. ... On D-Day, he will try to force us from the beaches; to secure the Caen, Bayeux, Carentan, and Normandy, we must blast our way onshore and get a good lodgment before he can bring up sufficient reserves to turn us out. ... Used by the soldiers were Thompson Machine Guns, with a .45 Colt Automatic for back up. ... The landing crafts that the soldiers used were box shaped, 30 by 20 feet. The walls were so low, and it was so dangerous, that the soldiers had to stay crouched or they would get shot. ...

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(pg 271-291) The final chapters of the book are full of irony because the soldiers are on their final stand and are about to fall. ... The second theme is the effect of war on the soldiers. The ware had a major effect on the soldiers they were in constant danger and were seeing people die every day. ... The butterfly is a symbol for the good things in life, that even though there is death and sadness all around them the butterfly is the one thing that reminds them that there are still good things in the world around them. ... This book takes you back to the time where it takes place and makes...

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Originally, young British soldiers had enlisted for the war with enthusiasm. ... Soldiers could spent days in the front line facing artillery fire and machine guns. ... Three hundred and six British and commonwealth soldiers were executed this way. In contrast, Germany only executed 25 of its soldiers and America executed none.... "Shell-shocked soldiers lacked "fiber"(Real 105). ...

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With the sinking of more American ships and the promise that Germany would help Mexico take U.S. territory, President Wilson, along with a good majority of the American public, felt that neutrality was no longer an option. ... Pershing, and behind him more than 2 million American soldiers that fought on the battlefields of France. ... World War I took the lives of many soldiers 116,000 on the battlefield, and that's not even including the aftermath of soldiers who were wounded in battle. These soldiers that made it back to where they could receive medical attention would later die from ...

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It defines the loss of morality and the aimlessness in the lives of soldiers, their feelings at the time. The War destroyed their idea that if you where good, good things would come your way. ... Hemmingway explains all the feeling that soldiers of his time felt during and after the war. ... The term "Lost Generation" came from Gertrude Stein in a conversation with Hemmingway. the term was later used to name the soldiers from the United States and England. ...

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During this time in world war one the Canadians had earned the title of being brave soldiers in battle. ... "A national spirit was born, and now to be British was not enough; we were Canadian and could do a good job of paddling our own canoe. " Spotlight Canada (82) This was said by a Canadian soldier who had survived the Battle of Vimy Ridge. ... After this battle, these people thought just what the soldier did. "We were Canadian and could do a good job of paddling our own canoe....

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