world war one?

Question

i was asked to write a 500 word letter that a canadian soldier would write home while fighting in world war one in the trenches
describing his my (canadian soldier) experiences. can you give me the formet they used those days llike address greating etc. and how the actual letter would be
any advice and what did they call the enemy(germans ) those days any particular nicknames etc.

Answer 1

dont you just love how people paste huge chunks of info on here to look smart?
ok.
western fron went pretty much right across europe.
nasty nasty - only way to make ground was to get out of your trench and run at the other trench, while they fored machine guns at you and dropped shells on your head.
then youd go back to your trench, and theyd run at you.
millions died.
pretty much still use the same greeting today.
dear....... if were writing to family or friends,
dearest......... if writing to your sweetheart.
germans called the bosch (pronounced bosh), or krouts, and also known as "Gerry" (pronounced Jerry)
there would not be a great deal of info in the letter about where you were, or what you were doing in the war, as the cencors would take a lot of that out, or just destroy your letter.
so u would tell them u were ok, and pretty much just ask what they had been doing, and tell them how much u looked forward to seeing them again.
u might even tell in ur letter which of your friends had recently been killed.
hope that helps

Answer 2

World War I, also known as WWI (abbreviation), the First World War, the Great War, and "The War to End All Wars," was a global military conflict that took place mostly in Europe between 1914 and 1918. It left millions dead and shaped the modern world.

The Allied Powers, led by France, Russia, the British Empire, and later, Italy and the United States, defeated the Central Powers, led by Austria-Hungary, Germany, and the Ottoman Empire.

Much of the fighting in World War I took place along the Western Front, within a system of opposing manned trenches and fortifications (separated by an unoccupied space between the trenches called "no man's land") running from the North Sea to the border of Switzerland. On the Eastern Front, the vast eastern plains and limited rail network prevented a trench warfare stalemate from developing, although the scale of the conflict was just as large. Hostilities also occurred on and under the sea and — for the first time — from the air. More than nine million soldiers died on the various battlefields, and millions of civilians perished.

The war caused the disintegration of four empires: the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman, and Russian. Germany lost its overseas empire, and new states such as Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Yugoslavia were created, and in the cases of Lithuania and Poland, recreated.

World War I created a decisive break with the old world order that had emerged after the Napoleonic Wars, which was modified by the mid-19th century’s nationalistic revolutions. The outcomes of World War I would be important factors in the development of World War II 21 years later.

Answer 3

see, the guy above is right,, so instead of writing 500 word letters, just use a black majic marker to cover alot of the space, fill in with writing here an there, and write censored on the top of the letter. Just use pencil for the parts of the letters that show ( if you want it to be correct). Weather, questions about what was going on back home, food and what they ate was a large part of the correspondence, complaints about company comanders, the stupidity of certain tasks and dress that were expected to be upheld in the trenches. ( Inspections for proper attire and dress while in a trench are pointless, but it still went on as part of the "discipline".) Food was basically beans coffee and sometimes spam and was a large part of complaints, though they were greatful that they were being fed, although the quality was lacking.

Hope this helps

Answer 4

some people referred to the germans as "huns" some "krauts" my great grandfather served in the war their addressing of another was met with endearing epithets hope this helps you