Underground soldiers page 36 and 37
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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 -
- Landmine -
My summary:
Hope - By early 1917 there were three massive piles of explosives. British and Canadian
moved in. There was an enormous explosion and the german people got caught. But then
later on the Germans fought back and the wounded British and Canadian were carried back
down. Without the underground cave system many more would have died from the war. By
1918 the German troops left behind some boobytraps but then the tunnellers found them and
blew them up carefully. The tunneling company returned to Auckland in 1919. Now Arras has
special visitors and has a lift that takes you to the underground museum. They also have a memorial
for the NZ tunnellers that died.
moved in. There was an enormous explosion and the german people got caught. But then
later on the Germans fought back and the wounded British and Canadian were carried back
down. Without the underground cave system many more would have died from the war. By
1918 the German troops left behind some boobytraps but then the tunnellers found them and
blew them up carefully. The tunneling company returned to Auckland in 1919. Now Arras has
special visitors and has a lift that takes you to the underground museum. They also have a memorial
for the NZ tunnellers that died.
Extra source:
https://web.archive.org/web/20081021084314/http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-rele
ases/20070412-mtbnzt.htm
ases/20070412-mtbnzt.htm
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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