Ww1 Culture

The national and social aspects of the Australian fighting forces psychology, sociology and battle culture, would be, “An officer inspecting the first line of resistance. What soldiers are in this trench my man? First Sussex Regiment sir!” when another is asked, “What the *#$%^ has it got to do with you?” (Lee 170) Clearly, this person or this group of soldiers later was identified as the Australian coalition forces fighting in the first line of defensive trenches during WW1. One can honestly say, based on the year, 1918, and the weapons used in trench warfare, then, I would have most likely reacted in the same manner. Situation, death being almost certain, death by machine gun, mustard gas, caught up in razor sharp barbed wire, grenade explosion

“On 18 September 1922, Adolf Hitler, the demobilized front fighter, threw down a challenge to defeated Germany that he would realize seventeen years later: ‘It cannot be that two million Germans should have fallen in vain…No, we do not pardon, we demand – vengeance!” (Unit 7 Lecture) This is unblemished example of war influencing culture at its foulest. The embarrassment of losing the war, the reparations, the positions that France took with Germany to reclaim the reparations, would surly have influenced my mindset, and just about any countries citizens in re-engaging in warfare with said country, once strong enough, to right-the-wrong, form their perspective. The differing views of cultures are not just subjected to the local populations, but across borders, meaning, perception of one’s culture can essentially shape the culture of said peoples. For example, if a group of people feel that their way of life is under attack, why would they not want to take up