Desmond Young, an officer in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, wrote in 1915,

“A man’s first introduction to war is a landmark in his life. Is it better to approach it by easy stages, gradually accustoming oneself to the scent of danger in the air, or be faced at once with the full aroma? (We) had no choice. We were flung in at the deep end and within a few weeks’ arrival in Flanders were charged with the defense of part of the Ypres salient. It was already a place of ill omen. Here was not only the scent of danger, but the all pervading odour of death, the sickly ‘perfume of the battlefield’ as the Germans so elegantly called it.”

Your paper should discuss compare and contrast the experiences of soldiers who fought on the Western Front with those of soldiers who fought in at least two different regions, including the Eastern Front, Africa, the Middle East (Iraq and/or Palestine), Gallipoli, and/or the Balkans. Some of the topics that should be discussed in your term paper include, but are not limited too:

Describe the training need by soldiers to fight this new style warfare. Describe life in the frontlines and/or the trenches, touching particularly on the subject of how men fighting the war survived the horrors of the trenches. How did soldiers cope with their front line and wartime experiences? What did they think was the most horrific part of the war? What did they think about the war at its conclusion? How do you think they were changed by the war and their experiences?

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