Underground soldiers page 36 and 37
Link to text: http://instructionalseries.tki.org.nz/content/download/27600/292333/file/L4%20June%202014%20Underground%20Soldiers.pdf
New words:
- Sleet - Rain containing ice
- Stalemate - a draw, a tie, two teams are even, nobody is winning
- Canadian - soldiers from Canada
- German-held territory -
- Boobytraps - trap of something made for people who tresspass
- Landmine - a bomb that explode when people step on it
- Retreating - going back to their own area/country
- Withdrew - giving up and leaving
My summary:
Railey- on April the 9th of 1917 the big explosion was finall-y made and people had made sacrifices and the Germans had finally surrendered and people started repairing streets and roads, and built a museum and had a memorial of the people that have died .
Extra sources:
Page 36
- When did the battle of Arras happen? Who was involved?
On 9 of April 1917 to 16 of April 1917.
- How long was the battle supposed to last?
Between 18 months and two years
- Why was this battle so important to the war?
To break the stalemate to get across no mans land.
- How many Allied soldiers died in this battle? Nearly 40 thousand allies died
- How were many Allied soldiers able to be saved? (hint: remember what else they built in the caves..) the Allied were saved because they built a hospital in the caves to save some soldiers.
- How many German soldiers died in this battle? 150,000
Page 37.
- What was the new task the soldiers of the NZ Tunnelling company did? Why was this task important? Havrincourt Bridge, they build roads, gun post
- How was this new job dangerous, in a way they hadn’t experienced before? Shooting, digging, mining, supporting, defending. They were above ground instead of below ground.
- Once the Germans started retreating, what was the NZ soldiers new job? They had to find landmines there called boobytraps.
- Why did these soldiers stay in Europe much longer than other soldiers?
To check if the enemy might come back and guard.
- How is the work these soldiers did remembered in Arras?
Museum and memorial.
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