Innocence of War Krebs and the soldiers seem to share very similar emotions after returning from war. When soldiers talk about war, it seems to distract their minds from the realities of coping with traumas witnessed. War can leave the soldier traumatized. Young soldiers go into war with the inn...

What is the cost for liberty or the price for domination? Most of us say sacrifice: the sacrifice of innocent persons' welfare. To earn freedom or gain control, an individual's welfare must be surrendered in order to fight for his homeland. Their welfare is replaced with severe mental a...

"S.I.W" a poem by Wilfred Owen is about the pressures a soldier must endure from his family, brutality of the war, and military laws. This is ironic because these factors, which are set in place to preserve life, liberty, and freedom, are the very things that cause the soldier's dea...

Casualty figures over 60,000 by the 19th December 1915. The Battle of the Somme continues until General Haig calls a halt to the attack and even then the British have only gained 8 km and lost over 400,000 men. In August 1916, the film, 'The battle of the Somme' was released by the Britis...