Spend some time at this photo exhibit, as well as these on trench warfare (and here too), select an image that impacts you and explain why.
Leave your thoughts in the comments section and/or be prepared to discuss on Monday.
View this video about propaganda and World War I. For footage of shellshock victims, watch this.
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http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/nw_trench_playact_01.jpg
I was surprised by the desire for these children to re-enact the strategies used in real war as game. I guess we've all considered war as a game at some age, but it still seems shocking to see children play while remaining unaware of the suffering and social ramifications of trench warfare.
http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/nw_trench_playact_01.jpg
This image impacts me more than the others because it shows how the trench warfare did not simply affect the men in the trenches. While we all know how WWI affected the entirity of a society by putting many starins on it, whether economically, socially, professionally, or psycologically, one never takes the time to fully realize that even the methods of warfare changed the way children played war games. There were new tactics that their fathers and brothers were using while away at war and these children admired the soldiers so much. Individuals faced the impact of the war differently. The kids, now, cannot ignore the war, so how they dealt with it was by incorporating it into games and recreation.
Wow, Chris. That's a little creepy. Same picture and I had no idea you put it up there!!
http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/cnp_fort_oglethorpe_02.jpg
This picture shows troops having lunch in the trenches in Fort Oglethorpe. This image impacted me because it shows the narrow conditions of the trenches. I had never really thought about the conditions in the trenches. The trenches are so narrow that people have to walk in a single fashion. Psychological problems can result from a soldier living too long in the trenches. The troops cannot even escape the trenches for lunch. A soldier’s life revolves around the trenches. Propaganda was used during World War I to enlist troops; the propaganda idealized war and made men feel that they had to fight because it was the honorable thing to do. However, as seen in the picture war was not anyone’s ideal situation. –Meagan Smith
http://home.zonnet.nl/rene.brouwer/causes.htm
this image impacts me because it shows franz ferdinand right before he was assassinated, the spark that caused the whole war.
-caroline dinges
http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/graphics/nw_trench_papers_01.jpg
I picked this photo because even though the men are in the trenches, daily life still goes on, and the men basically lived in the trenches so they did easy activities that would pass the time. This photo impacts me because the men had to spend so much time down there, and the photo looks like normal life; however, this photo is ironic because living in the trenches wasn't nice. It was actually the exact opposite. I’m sure the men were cold, wet, and starving and many times under fire.
http://home.zonnet.nl/rene.brouwer/wp06.jpg
dark and blurry, but it says a thousand words... the randomness, chaos, confusion, and horror of war.
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