“A war can never be said to be completely over until there is nobody left who took part in it.” – http://www.aftermathww1.com/
November 11, 1918. The day the Great War ended. Many of the soldiers didn’t feel the intense relief we would have expected. In fact, some soldiers suffered total nervous collapses. After months of waking up preparing for the day, not knowing if they would see its end, this abrupt Armistice shocked them. Many of them assumed the war would continue within a couple of days.
It took almost 19 months for all of the soldiers to be shipped home again. The last boat arrived in June 1920. These returning men were financially assisted by the government however many soldiers returned to find their previous jobs no longer available.
Every soldier who returned home was psychologically scarred. Many of them also suffered physical scars resulting in restricted lives. The communities to which the soldiers returned home believed that once the war was over they would be well again. However, they could not see the emotional war going on in the soldier’s minds. Once the novelty of their home-coming war off, the soldiers were expected to live normal lives.
The soldiers had fought valiantly for their country yet the gratitude towards them once they returned was minimal.
image from: http://www.alrightposters.com/crolla/images/WW1%20soldiers%20Manchester.jpg
information from: http://www.aftermathww1.com/ and http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
November 11, 1918. The day the Great War ended. Many of the soldiers didn’t feel the intense relief we would have expected. In fact, some soldiers suffered total nervous collapses. After months of waking up preparing for the day, not knowing if they would see its end, this abrupt Armistice shocked them. Many of them assumed the war would continue within a couple of days.
It took almost 19 months for all of the soldiers to be shipped home again. The last boat arrived in June 1920. These returning men were financially assisted by the government however many soldiers returned to find their previous jobs no longer available.
Every soldier who returned home was psychologically scarred. Many of them also suffered physical scars resulting in restricted lives. The communities to which the soldiers returned home believed that once the war was over they would be well again. However, they could not see the emotional war going on in the soldier’s minds. Once the novelty of their home-coming war off, the soldiers were expected to live normal lives.
The soldiers had fought valiantly for their country yet the gratitude towards them once they returned was minimal.
image from: http://www.alrightposters.com/crolla/images/WW1%20soldiers%20Manchester.jpg
information from: http://www.aftermathww1.com/ and http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/
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