Category: Trench Warfare

Technology’s significant impact on World War 1 occurring in the early 20th century, shifted the war’s landscape and ultimately transformed some of the world’s great powers from back then to what they are now. From the grueling nauseating trenches where soldiers had a radical change of dying, to the modern artillery developments crumbling indestructible fortresses,…

The Great War, World War 1 began in July 1914 and lasted until November 1918. The war involved two sides “Central Powers” and the “Allies”. With an estimated 9 million combatants and seven million civilians’ deaths because of the Great War. Many factors led up to World War 1, such as nationalism, imperialism, and the…

Imagine 1914 being 17 never sailed the seas before sailing to France, away from your family and loved ones on a ship heading for the Western Front knowing you may never see them again. Cramped and stuffed in tiny spaces and stacked on top of one another, uncomfortable, hungry and thirsty, only seeing daylight once…