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WORLD WAR 1 - WAR POETS - Coggle Diagram
WORLD WAR 1 - WAR POETS
WORLD WAR 1
One of the bloodiest conflicts in history:
Ca 9 million soldiers and 7 civilians died
new military technology:
Tanks
Machine guns
gas
In the beginning of the WW1 thousands of young men volunteered for military service
Most saw the war as an adventure
WAR POETS
group of soldiers who experienced:
the fighting in the trenches
the horrors of war
represented modern warfare in a realistic and
unconventional way
Awaken the conscience of the readers of the
horrors of war
LIFE IN THE TRENCHES
Loss of human lives in the trenches
Rain and mud
Decaying bodies eaten by rats
Repeated bombings
Use of poison gas
Soldiers improvised rough, genuine, and obscene
songs that described their life.
didn't
reach the ears of literate people