Ww1 Trench Description

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On July 28th, 1914, World War Ⅰ, which is one of the two World Wars to occur in american history, came to a brutal beginning. As a result of the oncoming World War Ⅰ soldiers as young as 18 were sent off against many of their wills, to prepare for battle and fight bravely for their country, even if it the price to pay was certain death. The battlefield was strategically set with trenches as deep as seven feet and as wide as six feet and located between the two enemy trenches was an area widely referred as “no man's land”. This land was simply a long stretch of empty terrain, with nothing for soldiers to utilize for protection from random enemy gunfire. Four years after the start of the deadly trench warfare, on November 11, 1918, World War …show more content…
Many fights were initiated by the neighboring European countries against any sign of aggressive behavior from the German forces, as a result, of the tension forming between Germany and the surrounding European countries. To create fear in other countries, Germany spent lots of currency on armaments. According to the chart showing the amounts of money spent on armaments, “ Germany spent 1.28 on armaments and had an increase of about as high as 4.13 as the start of World War Ⅰ drew near. In total, Germany spent 8.19 in 1914”(Document 1). When Germany bought lots of armaments, their two main goals they hope to reach were to promote fear and aggression and to prepare for their attempt to gain more power and add land to the German empire. It is a known fact that Germany was entirely responsible for the tension forming between the European countries because they had their hands on lots of weapons that could be used against other European countries brought great fear into the lives of citizens and military personals. Their main fear was that once Germany had the power in their hands, they would try and overtake as many European countries as was remotely possible. Germany was faced with the unsatisfiable lust for more power and control, which could not be satisfied until the moment they finally achieved their goal. According to The Century of Total War by Raymond Aron “The rise of Germany, whose supremacy France dreaded, and whose navy threatened England…” (Document 7). Germany had such a lust for power that they ended up building their supremacy and military forces to be stronger and more powerful. It is because France dreaded the superior status of Germany and that England felt threatened by Germany's military that the Germans felt that
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