World War One Diary Extract 8th July 1914 War! Me and my mate Jeff are off to War! Some dude was killed, and the world has gone crazy. There is going to be a war! Me and Jeff signed up yesterday after reading in the Daily Mail that we need to join the British Army to kick German butt! Yeah! I say we are off to war but obviously we have to train first. You know, firing a rifle and that. Cor, guns are so cool. I know I am going to be the best. I can imagine it now, me going to Germany and shooting everyone who gets in my way as I run up to the German base and capturing it. I'll show those Germans a thing or two! I told my mum, but she was just scared. She doesn't want me to go; she says that I'm only 18 and that I'll die. I can look after myself. Only 18? I can do whatever I want! I'm not scared. 16th July 1914 Training is terrible! Yesterday we had to run laps in the pouring rain, wearing full kit, and carrying 80lbs of equipment. I'm in the group what dig trenches so I have to carry even MORE equipment. I ask you. I'm only 18 and all. It's not fair! Dozy Derek Dudds was late for parade, and when he finally turned up his boots were hideously muddy. It would have been OK, because Sergeant Shackleton didn't notice. But then Sergeant Wilkes turned up. Gosh was he angry! Derek is currently peeling potatoes for the whole battalion. As he will be doing for the next month or so. AND he has to run laps wearing double weights! It's all his own fault though. We haven't been allowed to fire any guns yet. The war could be near. I'm a little scared. 23rd July 1914 We started gun training two... ... middle of paper ... ...ird. We are told it is chicken but I can see the birds being fetched for the cooks. 10th November 1918 I realised today that I am the only surviving member of my old regiment. I am a sergeant. This title was officially given to me a few months ago, but I was only told today. While I was sniping today, I saw a white bird fly over from the German side of the trenches onto our side. Then a few minutes later, another bird flew from our side onto the German side. Could this be an omen of peace? 12th November 1918 Peace was called yesterday morning at 11 o'clock but we weren't told until 8 at night. I have been made into an officer, after another lieutenant died last night. I am going to sell my commission and move back in England. It has been ages since I heard from my mum. Finally the war is over!
Imagine people who don’t trust you, like you, or care about you, asking you and your family to leave home for the safety of others. You don’t know when or if you are getting back. That seems pretty unfair and rude, right? Well, that is exactly what happened to Japanese Americans during WWII, except they weren’t imagining it. With forces of the Axis on the rise in the 1940’s, America was struggling to keep everyone safe. National security was at stake, so the United States acted poorly to reverse problems. During WWII, the Japanese Americans were interned for reasons of national security because the war made the U.S. act foolishly, the U.S. government didn’t trust them, and the U.S. also didn’t care about them.
Lewis Milestone’s “All’s Quiet on the Western Front”, based on Erich Remarque’s novel, is an incredibly disturbing and effective anti-war film. The grainy black and white film is still not outdated and carries a breathtaking initial impact. The prologue that introduces the film gives its anti-war intentions immediately and beautifully.
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Paul told the story of the war as it happened to him. The reader is taken from the front line, to a catholic hospital, to his home while he is away on leave. His story tells of the sacrifice the soldiers gave defending their country. It also tells of the difficulties of losing friends, killing another man, and going day after day without much, if any, sleep. He died in October of 1918, just before the war ended. His death was described as this, "...his face had an expression of calm, as though almost glad the end had come."
army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I've come to learn that if I am going
Tomorrow, When the War Began are thrown straight into the deep end, and have to make life or
I was sitting in the old rickety chair that looked as if it had been there for five years. The smell of gunpowder hung in the morning air as I leaned over the rifle rest. My finger wrapped around the trigger as my eye focused through the scope of my grandfather’s Springfield ’03. I took a deep breath and let half out. My finger tightened on the trigger as I awaited the recoil and crack of the gunpowder igniting. Finally, when my finger’s pull was enough to move the trigger, the gun went off. Moments like this are why I love shooting guns.
What would you do if you knew that you were endangered of being killed? Following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, more than 1,000 Jews were killed on 4 September in bombing raids on the nearby village of Sulejow,where they had fled before the advancing German army. It is September of 1939,and the persecution of the Jewish residents has begun immediately. Jewish men were caught in the streets and random killings and beatings become very common. Although over 2000 have managed to escape you are still in much danger. The occupation has begun to grow throughout the neighboring towns and cities, including Warsaw, Lodz, Belchatow, Kalisz, Gniezno and Plock. Although it might be intriguing to stay and try to fight off the German army, you must not fight, and go in to hiding so you have protection, and can stay with your family for as long as possible and be safe, during this dangerous time.
My name is Makino Toshio and I am a second generation Japanese-American. My father moved to Hawaii before coming to the mainland, like most Japanese-Americans. Before World War II, I worked on a Japanese truck farm. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, tension was bad for any Japanese-American in the United States. Many people in the United States did not trust people with Japanese ancestry. A store that I usually shop at had a sign in the window saying, “We don’t want any Japs back here-EVER! Within hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor at Hawaii, FBI agents went house to house and rounded up 1,212 Japanese in the U.S. mainland and Hawaii islands. Most of the arrests were prominent leaders in Japanese communities. All of them were taken to unknown destinations and treated as Prisoners of War.
Paul Bäumer, the narrator and protagonist in All Quiet on the Western Front, is a character who develops extensively within the course of the novel. As a young man, he is persuaded to join the German Army during World War I. This three year ordeal is marked by Paul's short, but tragic trek into adulthood as he learns to cope with the trials and tribulations of war. In the wake of a struggle which claims millions, Paul loses his precious innocence as he is further isolated from society and engulfed by bloodshed. Paul's evolution throughout the novel is a result of his having to adapt in order to survive.
World War 1 had a massive effect on women in society. Their lives drastically changed in a short amount of time. In fact with this change came plenty of responsibility, and a great deal of both physically and psychologically demanding work. This responsibility is what made women more confident and self-satisfied, which later on led them to fight harder for their rights.
The First World War, also known as the Great War, began in about 1914 and went on until 1918. This brutal war was an extremely bloody time for Europe and the soldiers that fought in it. These men spent their days in trenches holding down bases and taking in attacks from all sides. The soldier's only free time was consumed with writing letters to those on the home front. The letters they wrote contain heart breaking stories of how their days were spent and the terrible signs of war. The War consumed them and many of them let out all their true feelings of war in their letters to loved ones. In The First World War: A brief History With Documents we can find some of these letters that help us understand what the First World War might have been like for these young and desperate soldiers.
The great event of all our lives has at last come to pass. A war of gigantic proportions, infinite consequences and indefinite duration is on us, and will affect the interests and happiness of ev...
Gun safety is very important in the matters of teaching people that firearms are not a toy. One should always treat the gun like it is loaded. Too many people choose to play around with guns by swinging them around, tossing them to people, or aiming the gun at other people and pretending to shoot them. These are signs that people are much too immature and should not be handling a firearm.
Indeed, with the topic of War as our main theme this year, I have come to the conclusion that it certainly brings immeasurable mass destruction. War is an unfortunate event that leads to violence, destruction, slaughter as well as annihilation. The last few centuries mark a significant era of Wars that have killed millions of people. These wars, particularly the U.S. Civil War in 1861 and the Second World War in 1939, give us a broader understanding of the horrors that an individual faced during a violent period.