Letter From the battlefield ~ nurse

Dear family,
When I chose to become a nurse for this battle, I didn't think that it would be this horrific. Dirty, dying men are coming in one after another.  Patients dont always come in an ambulance. Walking and street cars are used as assistance.  The war has gotten bloodier and bloodier. The wounds im seeing are getting worse and the men aren't healing.
 Theres more than 12,000 of us helping out in this war. My good friend got a wound from the war but she's healing perfectly. Hearing gun shot after gun shot is alerting but you get used to it. We see different situations everyday but  the trenches the men are in makes it harder for the wounds to stay sanitary. Illness, wounds , death, self inflected wounds, shell shock are all the daily things i see.
 My head is so drained from me staying awake for so long. Our feet on the other hand have sores so I cant keep on my feet at the end of the day. The day i come home will be so relieving. How is everything? Sorry it took me so long to write you back, ive been so slammed with pacients.  I miss you guys and think about you everyday. My love goes out to all of our family and friends. Love you xoxo S

4 Main causes of ww 1.

M ~MILITARISM

A~ALLIANCES
 I~IMPERIALISM

N ~NATIONALISM

  The four main causes of World War one was : militarism, alliances, imperialism, and lastly nationalism. The first cause of the war was militarism.England had a large navy, so Germany wanted a larger and more disciplined navy. Germany and France competed to build larger armies. The more nations that created the stronger armies, which caused “universal conscription”. Between 1870 and 1914, all nations except Great Britain and the United States, doubled the size of their armies in preparation for a wold that hasn't started. Alliances then formed between many nations. Europe has been building alliance for the past twenty years.The danger with alliances were that an argument between two countries could draw all the other nations allied with them into a fight or a war could outbreak. Imperialism gathered nations together and caused conflict. And lastly nationalism, many people believed their countries were more superior then others, which also caused conflict. 

 Lusitania ~ May 7, 1915
Sussex pledge  ~ may 14 , 1916

unrestricted sub warfare ~ january 9, 1917
Zimmerman note ~ january 16, 1917

alvin york

"The 82nd Division was known as the All-American Division." ~ Alvin York
Alvin York wasn't like a typical candidate you would expect to be one of the most honored war heroes. When Alvin was younger,  he would plow fields, hunt for his family and occasionally get a little wild at the saloon with some whisky. Getting hit on the head with a bottle was a normal thing at the bars for Alvin . York's partying lifestyle came to a end when his best friend was killed during a fight. He became a hard core christian and swore never to fight again. York was drafted into the 82nd placement and  shipped the French countryside. France was when York got his part in fame. Alvin was  in the Argonne forest against the Germans. He was in the machine gun position. York was charged by 17 Germans , but york killed all with his own pistol. York with the help of a German major that york captured earlier, brought in 132 German prisoners. Alvin york was rewarded with the metal of Honor and a lavish farm back home. People really looked up to york.The soldiers were surrounded with dead bodes of the friends they had made and the mustered gas was outrageous. The railroad helped out the soldiers a lot,and brought them their needed supplies .  

sources~ 

http://acacia.pair.com/Acacia.Vignettes/The.Diary.of.Alvin.York.html#The%20Diary

http://www.worldwar1.com/heritage/sgtayork.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/york.htm

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