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First World War from the Soldiers POV

Part A

1. What are the attitudes of these young men?

2. Do you think they will keep those attitudes for long? Why or why not?

Mid-1916

3. What has happened to the attitudes of the soldiers by this time in the war?

4. What do you think about what the German soldier did to protect himself? Would you do the same?

5. Would you have gone “over the top” with the French soldier? Do you think that this tactic would work? Why or why not?

Part B

1. Why do you think there is a change in attitudes from the beginning of the war and the middle of the war?

2. What sort of attitude is developing during the middle of the war? Why do you think that the soldiers are feeling this way?

The Last Years

Part A

1. What is the attitude of the English soldier?

2. What is the attitude of the German soldier?

3. What is the one big difference between the Englishman’s and the German’s state of mind?

4. What is the attitude of the American soldier? Why do you think he feels this way?

5. Who do you think the American in 1917 sounds like, in comparison to those we have heard from before? Why?

Part B

1. How does the American in 1918 sound? With whom does he compare in the past?

2. What is the overall progression of attitudes from the beginning of the war until the end?

3. Do you think the war could have gone on much longer? Why? Which passage best supports this conclusion?

4. Which nation was most responsible for bringing the war to an end? Which excerpt best shows the attitude that allowed for this?

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