HIS263Y1 Lecture : the soldier's story
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Wwi: the soldier"s story february 1: the war begins, archduke ferdinand (austro-hungarian empire, as a result of archduke"s assassination, germany invaded belgium, and britain declared war to protect belgium. Signing up: not prepared in 1914, permanent force (3,000 in 1914). Initial recruits were mostly british born men (not native canadians). Enthusiasm among british born men: recruitment establishment: institutions that mobilize and recruit people. Language of fighting kaiserism is an ideological resource for fighting the war. Mud, boredom, terror, pride: romance of ear and ideas that drove enthusiastic enlistment meet the reality of www. notesolution. com the conflict, first few months involved dramatic battles and movement. Within a few months, it involved stalement not a lot of movement. For the most part it is a very stable war: network of trenches: much of a soldier"s life was digging, sitting, and doing chores around the trenches, mud and wetness resulted in painful conditions such as trench foot.
