Passchendaele
1.The war started on the 31st of July, 1917
2.The mud at Passchendaele slowed down the movement to crawl and left troops exposed to enemy fire
3.The British in Flanders had aimed to drive the Germans away from the channel ports.
4.After months of fighting, Passchendaele ridge was still held by German troops
5.Sir Douglas Haig Haig, the commander-in-chief of the British Expenditionary Force ordered the Canadians the deliver victory.
6.Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian Corps, objected to the battle at first, fearing it could not be won without a lot of lives being lost.
7.The Canadians arrived in Flanders for the first time, in mid-October.
8.The Canadians came to save Australian and New Zealand troops.
9.The weather in Flanders was so bad that the rain was making mud that was hard for the troops to walk in.
10.Horses and Mules brought hundreds of thousands of shells for the front to prepare for the artillery.
11.The Germans had the high ground in Passchendaele ridge and fired continuously below.
12.By mid-November having captured the ridge, that 15 654 Canadian troops had fallen.
13.The British lost and estimate of 275 000 troops at Passchendaele to the German’s 220 000 troops that had died.
14.The loss of the troops made this war one of the most costly battles of attrition.
15.The Canadian Corps sent a strong fighting formation of 120 000 men in mid-October.
2.The mud at Passchendaele slowed down the movement to crawl and left troops exposed to enemy fire
3.The British in Flanders had aimed to drive the Germans away from the channel ports.
4.After months of fighting, Passchendaele ridge was still held by German troops
5.Sir Douglas Haig Haig, the commander-in-chief of the British Expenditionary Force ordered the Canadians the deliver victory.
6.Sir Arthur Currie, commander of the Canadian Corps, objected to the battle at first, fearing it could not be won without a lot of lives being lost.
7.The Canadians arrived in Flanders for the first time, in mid-October.
8.The Canadians came to save Australian and New Zealand troops.
9.The weather in Flanders was so bad that the rain was making mud that was hard for the troops to walk in.
10.Horses and Mules brought hundreds of thousands of shells for the front to prepare for the artillery.
11.The Germans had the high ground in Passchendaele ridge and fired continuously below.
12.By mid-November having captured the ridge, that 15 654 Canadian troops had fallen.
13.The British lost and estimate of 275 000 troops at Passchendaele to the German’s 220 000 troops that had died.
14.The loss of the troops made this war one of the most costly battles of attrition.
15.The Canadian Corps sent a strong fighting formation of 120 000 men in mid-October.
Dear child from the future,
When I first was chosen to fight in the war, I had a great weight on my shoulders. Do I really want to die at this young age, do I want to give up my ultimate prize in war. Of course I don’t, but what option do I have? I am not ready to die. I have a long life ahead of me full of wonders. I am not ready to lose my family either. It will not be just a, good-bye see you later, it is going to be a never see you again. If I survive the war, it will be months before I see my family again maybe even years. However, I was forced to the war. When I was in the war, I was in this muddy yet disgusting trench for hours. The food there came out of a tin can and it was never enough food for me. I would be sitting there starving and sometimes wondered if I will die from hunger. It was like a hole inside my stomach, as if I had already been shot. I was trained before entering the war; they always told me I had to kill the enemy. What enemy I thought, are not we all humans. I thought I would never be able to kill another human. But eventually I killed my first victim and then my second and third and so on. It did not feel good; it felt like I hurt not only them but me as well. It felt like I threw a boomerang that came back at me and hit me with guilt. A lot of the time, I was fighting on that war zone. I went with friends and companions. Some would fall and some would come back injured or broken when I would always come back in one piece. It did not feel right, and I felt a lot of guilt. Why should I live, and why can’t they live? I am surprised that I am still alive. A lot of the time, I would be there in the muddy trenches listening to all the horrible and dreadful sounds. I have suffered through a bunch of bad experiences that I wish I never had been through. Sometimes the noises made me feel my time was almost like death was down the path I was walking through Death is a big fear for me. I do not want to suffer and have a painful death. But I am fighting for freedom so I will sacrifice my life. Well kid from the future I am on my last few missions now and then I will be able to see my family again. I hope you do not have to suffer in a war like me.
When I first was chosen to fight in the war, I had a great weight on my shoulders. Do I really want to die at this young age, do I want to give up my ultimate prize in war. Of course I don’t, but what option do I have? I am not ready to die. I have a long life ahead of me full of wonders. I am not ready to lose my family either. It will not be just a, good-bye see you later, it is going to be a never see you again. If I survive the war, it will be months before I see my family again maybe even years. However, I was forced to the war. When I was in the war, I was in this muddy yet disgusting trench for hours. The food there came out of a tin can and it was never enough food for me. I would be sitting there starving and sometimes wondered if I will die from hunger. It was like a hole inside my stomach, as if I had already been shot. I was trained before entering the war; they always told me I had to kill the enemy. What enemy I thought, are not we all humans. I thought I would never be able to kill another human. But eventually I killed my first victim and then my second and third and so on. It did not feel good; it felt like I hurt not only them but me as well. It felt like I threw a boomerang that came back at me and hit me with guilt. A lot of the time, I was fighting on that war zone. I went with friends and companions. Some would fall and some would come back injured or broken when I would always come back in one piece. It did not feel right, and I felt a lot of guilt. Why should I live, and why can’t they live? I am surprised that I am still alive. A lot of the time, I would be there in the muddy trenches listening to all the horrible and dreadful sounds. I have suffered through a bunch of bad experiences that I wish I never had been through. Sometimes the noises made me feel my time was almost like death was down the path I was walking through Death is a big fear for me. I do not want to suffer and have a painful death. But I am fighting for freedom so I will sacrifice my life. Well kid from the future I am on my last few missions now and then I will be able to see my family again. I hope you do not have to suffer in a war like me.