Friday, December 25, 2009

World War 1 homefront 1914-1918

The Homefront during World War 1 talks about the life in Britian during the war itself. The Homefront saw a massive change in the role of women, rationing, the bombing in the city of Britian, the first time civilians were targeted in war. Many beleived the war would be over by Christmas 1914, the government requsted about 100,000 volunteers but they got 750,000 in just one month. Rationing was brought in by the government by 1918 as neraly everything was brought to directed to the war in effort. Fuel was also in short supple and also rationed.

Friday, December 18, 2009

World war 1 children 1914-1918


Children from World war 1 stayed with there parents, ran away, or died with there parents. There were not kind of bombing in any city in Canada because planes were still infancy so the range of attack would depend on the gun range, but the loss of fathers, uncles, couisens were hard on them being left alone or just with a mother and no income any more it was really hard on them.

World war 1 women 1914-1918


Women in the War helped with lots of stuff like working in factories, farms, and nurses. In the factories they would help make bombs for the war, they helped with the foods for the war so the soliders would have food, and they would be at the war to help the wounded soliders. They would also do there go back home and do there work there. After the war was over most women went back to there homes and kitchen. They would also drive taxis bus and more stuff like that, but even after the war some of the women did not leave there jobs.

Friday, December 11, 2009

World war 1 1914-1918 Soliders


World war one was very dirty and and would not be the best war to fight, because the conditions in the trenchs are so bad. There were alot of diseases like trench foot, and trench mouth and more. The dead soliders were thrown close to the place were they go for a washroom break. The rats there were big, they would eat the dead bodies and you would have to becareful or they would jump on you and start eating you.Life in the trenchs for the soliders were bad they would wear the same colthes for months and dont take bath in months, they would smell very bad.