A WAR FOUGHT IN TRENCHES Why Fight?
Why Fight?
Men lined up outside an army recruitment office during World War One
World War One last for 4 years and 3 months and claimed 8.5 million lives and wounded another 21 million. world war one, also known as the great war or the war to end all wars, was a war fought between the allies and the central powers. The allies consisted of Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and USA. the central powers consisted of Germany, The Austro-Hungarian empire, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria. Young men joined the army for many reasons in world war 1, some were everyone was going to fight and they didn’t want to get left behind, propaganda, and to make their families proud.  
ALLIES British Empire, USA, Russia, Italy, Serbia, Japan, France, and Belgium.
CENTRAL POWERS
NEUTRALS
Germany, AustriaHungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Luxembourg.
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A map of what trenches were like
A British aeroplane flying over trenches in World War One
No one wanted to get left out One reason young men joined the army was, almost everyone they know was going to fight and they didn’t want to get left behind. Almost every young man was going to fight for his country and no one wanted to get left out. For example, They thought that the war would be over by Christmas 1914 so the fight would be short. Also most likely all of their friends were going to war and you would probably want to go with them. Another example is, if you didn't go to war and all of your friend died in the war you would probably feel guilty for not helping. Around 20 percent of soldiers from the UK died in the war. So if 5 of your friends go to war it is likely at least one of them will die then you will feel guilty about not fighting because maybe you could have done something to save them. But that is just one of the reasons people went to fight.
One example of propaganda posters during World War One.
Propaganda Another reason young men joined the army was, propaganda. Propaganda is, information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. One example of propaganda is, there were posters all over towns encouraging fit young men to fight. There were also where the enemy was portrayed as monsters that eat babies and kill innocent civilians. Another example is, there were posters of kids asking their dads what they did during the war, which was playing on the dads guilt if they chose not to fight, and then had to explain to their kid why “dad didn't fight.” At one point in the book Kipling’s Choice by Geert Spillebeen John, the main character, talks about how “the dirty huns(germans) drag innocent women away by their hair after killing their babies with bayonets. Even if this isn't true it show how propaganda leads people to believe that they are fighting on the right side.
TO MAKE THEIR FAMILIES PROUD A finale reason young men joined the army was, to make their families proud. They wanted their families to be proud of them so they fought for their country. For example, it could be family tradition that young men join the army. Also giving you life for your country is the ultimate sacrifice and if you did everyone would respect you and your family for you sacrifice. Another example is, they didn't want to have to tell their kids that they didn't fight, they wanted their kids to be proud of them. For example John Kipling joined the war to make his father, Rudyard Kipling proud. Rudyard kipling always wanted to join the army but never because of his poor eyesight. So to make him proud John joined the army.
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