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Is it glorious to die for your country?.... This question has been posed
to many young people about to embark on war although the answer has
usually been yes in response to their country due mainly to the fact
that the government instills it in the people of the country to support
one's country and one way is to send young abled bodied men into the
army. If you were one individual that was not in favour of fighting for
your country you would surely become an outcast by the countries people.
To avoid ridicule and becoming outcasted by the people living around
you, you would join the army just in the thought that you were obligated
to for the sole sake of your country. Such thoughts were reinforced by
the government promotion of propaganda. Glorifying death is not needed
to be taught and should be up to the sole individual. School systems
should teach an unbiased point of view of war to enable the child to
make their own decision to fight for one's country. Is it Glorious to
Die for your Country? Within the education system it was instructed to
the teachers to teach the children at a young age during the brink of
war to instill that their the life of the country and for them to defend
their country against the enemy. Teachers showed being in a army was
representing honour and the pride of the country. Guilt was laid on the
students who showed rebellion by the teacher. Many times the teacher
would try to show a soldier that looks happy and content trying to
represent being a soldier makes you happy and content. Many young
inexperienced soldiers were sent to training camps near the battle
fields that they would soon be sent to fight, for their country and
their life. The training camps were situated on similar enviroments that
resembled the battle fields of where the fighting would take place.
Reinforced displine to the young and ignorant men. Trench warfare is
when many soldiers of opposing countries fight against each other across
a vast desolate, dirt covered land, and the only sense of cover was to
crouch in a usually water logged trench. The sense of death engulfed
your very soul, the constant bombardment of shells echo in your mind
long after it had ceased. On the Western front conditions were horrible
to say the least, stench of death remained constantly in the air, bodies
riddled with bullet wounds lay across the bottoms of the trenches,
dismembered bodies scattered across the landscape and the sounds of
agonizing and dying men echo across the battle grounds. Very limited
rations offering very little in flavour was the only food available to
the soldiers. Often raining, it caused muddy, damp conditions. The men
staying in a trench filled with water and muddy conditions often caused
such diseases as trench foot and trench mouth. Contagious diseases were
spread quickly. Lack of cleaniness gave many soldiers lice and rats
would run through the trenches feeding on the garbage and human wastes.
Thousands of soldiers would line up under the cover of their trenches
for a stretch of miles and wait for the leading officer to give the
signal for the charge. When the signal was given the thousands of
soldiers would all try to run across the no-man's land to attempt the
breach of the enemies trench. This charge would be under constant
machine gun fire and mortar shelling by the enemy. These kind of attacks
usually failed maily due to the fact the odds were already stacked
against the attacking party. The distances the charging men had to run
to get to the enemies trench was far enough for the enemy to use it's
constant shelling and it's machine gun fire to dwindle the attacking
army significant enough for the attacking army to retreat. Counter
attacks were quickly attempted after the attacks. The counter attacks
were similiar to the actual attacks except the difference was that the
counter attack involved the killing of the retreating of the enemy
instead of attacking someone under the cover of the trench. During the
war all soldiers were affected either physically or phsycologically.
Shell shock was an ongoing sickness affecting many soldiers in the
trenches. The constant bombardment of mortar shelling became so
defeaning and monotonous the sounds of shelling remained with the
soldier even when there was no shelling. Such cases became so severe for
some the soldier would go in fits of rage and fear at the very same
instantance. Virtually all soldiers felt homesick at one time or
another. The soldiers being out on the battle fronts for a long time
soon forgot the propaganda beliefs the country had instilled the
soldiers, instead the soldiers just wanted to survive their tour of duty
however long it would be. Death had been experienced and seen by the
soldiers on the front for a long time that the themes had become
relative to their daily life on the front. Coming back to their homes
the soldiers had received and learned of a new perpective on war. It was
that when face to face with death the political beliefs that were held
were irrevalant when trying to survive in the war. Glorification of
death is ridiculous unless you were being attacked and threat of death
was present that would be another story but to die for a something many
miles away is something that the individual must take in consideration
in when making his or her decision. I personally would not risk death if
friends and family were not at risk. Since our country has become less
militarized since WWII the need for military personnel has not been as
necessary. But as mentioned before if the country I lived was under a
threat of takeover I believe I would take up arms to defend against the
people who would try to attack. Other than that the physcological and
physical damages soldiers endure would deter me from joining any army.
Is it glorious to die for your country?.... This question has been posed
to many young people about to embark on war although the answer has
usually been yes in response to their country due mainly to the fact
that the government instills it in the people of the country to support
one's country and one way is to send young abled bodied men into the
army. If you were one individual that was not in favour of fighting for
your country you would surely become an outcast by the countries people.
To avoid ridicule and becoming outcasted by the people living around
you, you would join the army just in the thought that you were obligated
to for the sole sake of your country. Such thoughts were reinforced by
the government promotion of propaganda. Glorifying death is not needed
to be taught and should be up to the sole individual. School systems
should teach an unbiased point of view of war to enable the child to
make their own decision to fight for one's country. Is it Glorious to
Die for your Country? Within the education system it was instructed to
the teachers to teach the children at a young age during the brink of
war to instill that their the life of the country and for them to defend
their country against the enemy. Teachers showed being in a army was
representing honour and the pride of the country. Guilt was laid on the
students who showed rebellion by the teacher. Many times the teacher
would try to show a soldier that looks happy and content trying to
represent being a soldier makes you happy and content. Many young
inexperienced soldiers were sent to training camps near the battle
fields that they would soon be sent to fight, for their country and
their life. The training camps were situated on similar enviroments that
resembled the battle fields of where the fighting would take place.
Reinforced displine to the young and ignorant men. Trench warfare is
when many soldiers of opposing countries fight against each other across
a vast desolate, dirt covered land, and the only sense of cover was to
crouch in a usually water logged trench. The sense of death engulfed
your very soul, the constant bombardment of shells echo in your mind
long after it had ceased. On the Western front conditions were horrible
to say the least, stench of death remained constantly in the air, bodies
riddled with bullet wounds lay across the bottoms of the trenches,
dismembered bodies scattered across the landscape and the sounds of
agonizing and dying men echo across the battle grounds. Very limited
rations offering very little in flavour was the only food available to
the soldiers. Often raining, it caused muddy, damp conditions. The men
staying in a trench filled with water and muddy conditions often caused
such diseases as trench foot and trench mouth. Contagious diseases were
spread quickly. Lack of cleaniness gave many soldiers lice and rats
would run through the trenches feeding on the garbage and human wastes.
Thousands of soldiers would line up under the cover of their trenches
for a stretch of miles and wait for the leading officer to give the
signal for the charge. When the signal was given the thousands of
soldiers would all try to run across the no-man's land to attempt the
breach of the enemies trench. This charge would be under constant
machine gun fire and mortar shelling by the enemy. These kind of attacks
usually failed maily due to the fact the odds were already stacked
against the attacking party. The distances the charging men had to run
to get to the enemies trench was far enough for the enemy to use it's
constant shelling and it's machine gun fire to dwindle the attacking
army significant enough for the attacking army to retreat. Counter
attacks were quickly attempted after the attacks. The counter attacks
were similiar to the actual attacks except the difference was that the
counter attack involved the killing of the retreating of the enemy
instead of attacking someone under the cover of the trench. During the
war all soldiers were affected either physically or phsycologically.
Shell shock was an ongoing sickness affecting many soldiers in the
trenches. The constant bombardment of mortar shelling became so
defeaning and monotonous the sounds of shelling remained with the
soldier even when there was no shelling. Such cases became so severe for
some the soldier would go in fits of rage and fear at the very same
instantance. Virtually all soldiers felt homesick at one time or
another. The soldiers being out on the battle fronts for a long time
soon forgot the propaganda beliefs the country had instilled the
soldiers, instead the soldiers just wanted to survive their tour of duty
however long it would be. Death had been experienced and seen by the
soldiers on the front for a long time that the themes had become
relative to their daily life on the front. Coming back to their homes
the soldiers had received and learned of a new perpective on war. It was
that when face to face with death the political beliefs that were held
were irrevalant when trying to survive in the war. Glorification of
death is ridiculous unless you were being attacked and threat of death
was present that would be another story but to die for a something many
miles away is something that the individual must take in consideration
in when making his or her decision. I personally would not risk death if
friends and family were not at risk. Since our country has become less
militarized since WWII the need for military personnel has not been as
necessary. But as mentioned before if the country I lived was under a
threat of takeover I believe I would take up arms to defend against the
people who would try to attack. Other than that the physcological and
physical damages soldiers endure would deter me from joining any army
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