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The Life of a Soldier

World War I. The Life of a Soldier . Trench Warfare. Cpl. Mason Potts. Sgt. Lloyd Ackerman. Pvt. John Shrewsbury Barnes. Pvt. Everett Burdette. Lee D. Sly. Boys often lied about their age so they could fight. Trench Warfare -25,000 miles long -zigzagged

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The Life of a Soldier

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  1. World War I The Life of a Soldier Trench Warfare

  2. Cpl. Mason Potts

  3. Sgt. Lloyd Ackerman

  4. Pvt. John Shrewsbury Barnes

  5. Pvt. Everett Burdette

  6. Lee D. Sly

  7. Boys often lied about their age so they could fight

  8. Trench Warfare -25,000 miles long -zigzagged -1/3 of casualties happened here Long range artillery Barbed wire No Man’s Land Support lines Front line

  9. Constant shell fire brought random death Men were buried in the trenches after a shell hit

  10. Conditions • Dirt • Mud • Smell • Disease • No sanitation • Colorless • No sleep • Open cemetery

  11. Going “over the top” Waited for whistle Climbed over parapet into no-man’s land Almost all attacks brought total death Wounded were left

  12. Size of cats • One rat couple produces 900 more in a year • Ate food and corpses • Made nests in clothing • Itching • Caused trench fever

  13. Trench Foot • Rain flooded the trenches • Feet couldn’t get dry • Swell up to 3 times the normal size • Amputation was rampant

  14. Men who had no legs or arms were called “basket cases”

  15. Tanks Grenades Weapons Rifles Machine Guns Flame Throwers

  16. MUSTARD GAS

  17. GAS Caused lungs to dissolve suffocation Blindness Most deadly biological weapon

  18. Could blow back on your own side • Smelled like pineapple and pepper • Some was odorless • Covered mouth in rag with urine • Some took 12 hours to take effect • Skin blistered, throw up

  19. Shell Shock: Medical condition Mental breakdown Blighty Wounds: Give self an injury to get out of duty

  20. Before and After Cloister of the Hotel de la Princerie

  21. Before and After Village of Esnes

  22. Assignment: Journal Entry You are to write a journal entry in your personal diary as if you were a soldier on the front lines of WWI fighting in a trench. The journal must include the following: • Detailed description of surroundings (5 senses) • Explanation of where you live, how does the trench look? • Diseases or pests that you deal with • Weapons • Illnesses • Your feelings about the war, your experiences • What emotions would you have? • MUST BE 1+ PAGE

  23. Big Questions • Soldiers became numb to violence. Do you think our society has as well? • What determines a person’s violence thresh hold? • Do you think it makes a difference when it is real and when it isn’t?

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