... shells eight miles. Add grenades, flame throwers and eventually gas and it's no surprise that by the end of 1914 both sides had dug into the earth like moles in a desperate attempt to stay alive. The resulting trench system on the Western Front covered 25,000 miles (enough to encircle the world) but also stretched non-stop from Belgium to Switzerland. Each trench was approximately 10 feet deep ... as they slowly died were deeply distressing to their comrades back in the trenches who could do nothing to help them. "Crowds of men were crouching round, heating up their canteens of water, s...

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... could fight for their country. Often, their involvement in the war was strongly encouraged by authority figures. One example of this is in the movie All Quiet on the Western Front where the teacher gives a patriotic speech about fighting for the fatherland. According to David Dowling, many Europeans went off to war to escape the harsh realities of the industrial revolution "to discover comradeship and the satisfaction of physical labor and risk- (8). Unfortunately ... , the young soldiers soon found out that war was not glamorous at ... ...

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