The Great War

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The Great War

• A Soldiers Life in World War I

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1. Who is this young man? What do we know about
him? Does he look ready to die?
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TheSoldiers
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• Home by Christmas
• No major war in 50 years
• Nationalism

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
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Destruction
The Killjoy had a 20 mile range
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Before
After
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Before
After
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Trenches
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Conditions in the Trenches
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• Deafening noises, sudden flashes, extreme cold,
  little sleep
• Water and mud everywhere
• Trench foot
• Rats, lice
• Horrid sanitation

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Poison Gas
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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 couldnt be reoccupied.

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Poison gas exploding in no mans land
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Injury

• 65,038,000 mobilized
• 21,333,000 injured

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Poison gas strikes the skin
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Death
Over 9,000,000 dead
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nothing escaped the war. . .
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british
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austrian
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french
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canadian
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american
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russian
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british
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german
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austrian
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french and german
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german
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russian
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italian
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french
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german
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In death there is not much distinction, friend
or foe are treated alike
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Who is he? Does it even matter?