WARFARE 1917 TIPS ARCHIVE
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(Photo Credit: Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress) Mutilated French soldier with mask by Anna Coleman Ladd, ca.

But they said, 'We need to do something to preserve these faces so the men are presentable back into the trenches.' And that's when modern plastic surgery came about, and various heroic plastic surgeons were making huge strides in plastic surgery.

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But their fellow soldiers found them so repulsive-they smelled awful, they looked terrible-it was so bad for morale that the military officials said, 'We can't just let these people go back, patch them up and throw them back in the front lines,' even though that was what the First World War was ultimately all about, was having fodder for the other side to shoot. What happened was, these men would be rescued by nurses, taken behind the lines to hospitals and patched up well enough that eventually they could return to the lines.

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(Photo Credit: Archive of the Royal College of Surgeons of England) Spreckley in stages of plastic surgery, 1917. So, therefore, thanks to flying shrapnel, and explosions, and sniper attacks, men were having their jaws sheared off, their noses blasted away, cheeks hollowed out, and this was the first time in history where men could have such severe damage done to their faces and not die of their wounds. If a person was hidden in a trench, most of the body was protected, but if you looked up over the trench or certainly went over the trench in an attack, the first thing that was going to be exposed, and the part of the body that couldn't be armored was the face. “facing” advisedly because no part of the man's body was more vulnerable than the face. (Photo Credit: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution)

But, during WWI there were trenches that extended from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps or about 500 miles of trenches where the enemies on the western front were facing one another-and I use that word Before and after: patient with a facial prosthesis, American Red Cross for Portrait-Masks, Paris, 1918. WWI was the first and really the only significant use of trench warfare in history-I mean trenches have been used for hundreds, thousands of years. What follows is an excerpt of that conversation on the intensity of trench warfare, and some of the resulting advances in medicine.Ī quick warning that this conversation includes descriptions of injuries that may be disturbing. Weber Professor of Art at Wake Forest University, and his book is Grand Illusions: American Art and the First World War. Author David Lubin discussed the war's impact on soldiers, culture, and science with WFDD's David Ford back in 2014. Some of the most horrific examples of both occurred in the trenches of World War I. The criteria for the AI opponent's victory is the same as the player's should the player fail to stop the advance of opposing troops, or have their army's morale drop to 0%, the AI will win the battle.Ī sequel, 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟒, was later made featuring the Americans and Germans in the Second World War.This Memorial Day, we remember those who died in active military service, and pause to reflect on the sacrifices and suffering that occur during wartime. Regardless of game mode, the player is tasked with achieving victory in one of two ways: forcibly conquering the enemy's side of the battlefield, or killing off enough enemy units to deplete morale and force a surrender. The campaigns also provide a historical atmosphere by slowly expanding the player's unit roster over the course of the war based on the historical innovations of the featured armies regardless of affiliation, the player starts the game with limited options, and unlock new units and fire support with every battle they win, tanks being among the last and available to the British before the Germans. Such would include the Sturmtruppen and the Mark IV Tank, among others. Specialized units enjoy a higher combat proficiency than the standard for that unit, and provide a unique strategic advantage to the player throughout their campaign. The game also allows users to set up custom levels.ĭuring either campaign, the player may make use of the powers of nation-specific variants of several units, which are based on actual historical differences between each army. Support weapons can also be called down upon command, but, like other units, must load up first. In-game units such as the Riflemen, Machine Gunners, Assault, Officers, Sharpshooters, and tanks can be used in both the British and German campaigns and custom mode. In 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟕, the player orders soldiers to capture ground and trenches while fighting programmed enemies.

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