World War One Poetry.
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World War One Poetry Assignment World War One began on the fourth of August 1914 Troops from Britain, France, Italy and Russia the USA fought troops from Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey. There were many reasons for this; Germany and France were quarrelling over who owned the Alsace-Lorraine region. Russia was fighting the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany about who should control the Balkan States and Germany was also eager to gain power over other European nations. There was fighting on land and sea, yet we especially remember the men who fought in the trenches, as they played a major part in this horrific war. We often refer to this as Trench Warfare - a new and shocking type of warfare which characterised the bloody battles of World War One. The trenches were in the Western part of Europe and were home to millions of men between 1914 and 1918, living in horrific conditions...


