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    Two soldiers from opposing sides in World War I shared similar views of the horrors of war. Fritz Franke of Germany and Siegfried Sassoon of England both saw the brutality of the conflict firsthand. Franke wrote in a letter about the "bestial barbarity and unspeakable suffering" of trench warfare. Sassoon later memorialized his experiences in poems like "Counter-Attack" that depicted "a blurred confusion of yells and groans" on the battlefield. Both men felt that many lives were lost over small gains of territory as the two sides continually pushed forward and pulled back. They recognized war resulted in much destruction and death over land.

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    Two soldiers from opposing sides in World War I shared similar views of the horrors of war. Fritz Franke of Germany and Siegfried Sassoon of England both saw the brutality of the conflict firsthand. Franke wrote in a letter about the "bestial barbarity and unspeakable suffering" of trench warfare. Sassoon later memorialized his experiences in poems like "Counter-Attack" that depicted "a blurred confusion of yells and groans" on the battlefield. Both men felt that many lives were lost over small gains of territory as the two sides continually pushed forward and pulled back. They recognized war resulted in much destruction and death over land.

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    Two soldiers from opposing sides in World War I shared similar views of the horrors of war. Fritz Franke of Germany and Siegfried Sassoon of England both saw the brutality of the conflict firsthand. Franke wrote in a letter about the "bestial barbarity and unspeakable suffering" of trench warfare. Sassoon later memorialized his experiences in poems like "Counter-Attack" that depicted "a blurred confusion of yells and groans" on the battlefield. Both men felt that many lives were lost over small gains of territory as the two sides continually pushed forward and pulled back. They recognized war resulted in much destruction and death over land.

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    Zacharie meads

    October 6, 2015

    Two soldiers views of the horrors of war


    Two soldiers from opposing sides share similar views on the same war. Fritz Franke
    (1892 1915) Berlin, Germany and Siegfried Sassoon (1886 1967) from England both fought
    on opposing sides during the First World War. Before the war, Franke was a medical student in
    Berlin, and Sassoon was a beginning poet. Both agree that war is brutal and costly.
    Fritz Franke wrote a letter on the Western Front on November 5th 1914, to future
    generations Sadly, he died 6 months later, in May 1915, in the mist of battle, paying the ultimate
    price for fighting for his country. I myself can hardly believe that such bestial barbarity and
    unspeakable suffering are possible. Every foot of ground contested; every hundred yards another
    trench; and everywhere bodies rows of them! (Letter). He is disgusted by how war is fought,
    how humans can treat one another, killing each other over nothing.
    After the war, Siegfried Sassoon continues writing poetry, becoming a famous poet and
    wrote poem like Counter-Attack in 1918 that describes the horrors of the Great War to his
    readers. And fought the flapping veils of smothering gloom, Lost in a blurred confusion of yells
    and groans Down, and down, and down, he sank and drowned, Bleeding to death. The
    counter- attack had failed. (Poem, A Counter-Attack). The enemy troops were unable to reach
    the next trench, even with their best efforts to stop the enemy, their defense failed. Many lives
    were given up to gain a small amount of territory.
    Both sides were trying to gain territory and at the same time defend what territory they
    controlled. They never knew when they could die, always wondering is it going to be me next.
    Many lives were lost over a few feet of ground, pushing forward and pulling back, back and
    forth over and over again because of nothing. It was a never ending battle.
    Different counties were looking to extend their lands during the war by taking over more
    land. They used the troops as pawns in their game to gather that land. The more land a country
    controlled the more people it could hold as well as resources that could be used for the people or
    to sell/trade to another country.
    Two soldiers from Opposing sides share similar views on the same war. They fought
    over land that had been destroyed by the war Many lives were lost in the process. War is brutal
    and terrible things happen. Both men agreed on how terrible the horrors of war were.

    Zacharie meads
    October 6, 2015

    Analyzing what history is trying to tell us. By analyzing what both men thoughts were on
    the war I can better understand what they were going through. By understanding how to analyze,
    I can go into greater detail when trying to understand something. Analyzing is very helpful in
    the world.

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