was Trench Warfare Both Effective and Dangerous? Zaid Tabaza 8’5 Figure 1: Soldiers in Trenches Trench warfare is the form of war in which the fighting troops battle against each other from trenches. While being a technique that has been used since a long-time in history, the Trench Warfare technique came into the spotlight when it was employed in World War I (WWI), where the Western Side (which had the location of France, Belgium and Alsace) used it as a defense strategy. Trench warfare
single style, throughout his life, “can be classified as a Verist, Social Realist, Magic Realist, and a Romantic”(McGreevy, 1) greater in his life he would become a famous for his controversial topics, especially his depictions of war. Through Trench Warfare and The War Cripples, Otto Dix was able to capture a horrifying essence of war, and the unfortunate reality of the crippled veterans. Otto Dix knew and lived the atrocities of World War I firsthand. Among millions of other young men, Dix voluntarily
In the past, war was mainly portrayed as glorious and prestigious. Although both poets served in different wars, Wilfred Owen in his poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” and Brain Turner in “The Hurt Locker” both show how horrid warfare really is, not sugarcoating the experience unlike military recruitment posters; though their imagery differs, due to the time gap and backgrounds of each author, both show the gruesome sights of war and how the only major difference between wars is the level of technology
demonstrated when “the chief surgeon discovers [two soldiers with flat feet] on his rounds, and is overjoyed” (Remarque, 259). However, these experimental surgeries were not done for the benefit of the soldiers, but for the doctors to build their own self images. “At present you could still walk, but once the old boy gets you under the knife you’ll be cripple. What he wants is little dogs to experiment with, so the war is a glorious time for him, as it is for all the surgeons” (Remarque, 259). “Nevertheless
making it one of the deadliest human conflicts in history. Wilfred Owen, a soldier suffering shell shock was a war poet who used poetry to express his horror at the war. His anti-war poetry contrasts the political propaganda about the glories of trench warfare and the heroism of British soldiers with the reality of the true nature of war. Owen’s poetry explores the physical, emotional and psychological impact on men who had to kill in order to survive. He wrote out of his own personal experience as