I was talking to my dad the other day about the World War, and he told me an interesting story. He described to me briefly that during the war, the people were basically killing people for no reason. Something we don't realize is how bloody the war truely is. For us, our christmas gift is presents, joy, family. For them, they get infected wounds and to witness their own men being shot down and sent full forced into the earth. From what he told me, soldiers hid and fought in trenches. An article I found stated that they "Soldiers on both sides were trapped in trenches, exposed to the cold and wet winter weather, covered in mud, and extremely careful of sniper shots. Machines guns had proven their worth in war, bringing new meaning to the word "slaughter." " Apparently, there was rain and horrid weather during the time, causing the trenches and earth to turn to mud, trapping many soldiers.Although all this was happening, for one night, the soldiers got in the spirit and suddenly just stopped. They acted humane, if only for a moment. I found this article very interesting and thought it related well to what we've been learning. I never really thought of the little things behind the war.. Here's the link..you should really read it.
http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/christmastruce.htm
i agree with you the killing was for no reason. i wonder if any of them tried to make a Christmas like time out of it like cut down a tree.lol i like your backround
ReplyDeletecool blog shannon! i liked how you used a story that your dad told you and incorporated it in to your blog. i to feel that it was very stupid that people were be being killed for no reason. They should have done what kropp said and have all the leaders from each country fight to the death in an arena it would have saved millions.
ReplyDeleteIt's cool how you took the information you got from your dad, and took it one or two steps further and actually looked into it, you didn't just settle with what he said. :3
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