This battle took place in the southern part of the British line, it was the bloodiest war ever. The Allies demonstrated how important it was to have the most modernist machine guns. With modern machine guns any country would extend their power and take over other countries easily. The purpose of this battle was to draw the German forces away from Verdun. On July 1st of 1916, the British lost about 57,000 causalities and 19, 000 resulted dead. Future Germans leaders participated in this horrible battle.
John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American born philosopher, as well as, a psychologist and education reformer. His school of thought fell under the title of pragmatism which is a naturalistic approach to learning where knowledge is acquired from the environment in which the human lives. Dewey’s work was extensive and covered areas from philosophical concerns of the day to the social and political issues of the time.
After the beginning of World War One, a “substantial part of his published output consisted of commentary on current domestic and international politics, and public statements on behalf of many causes.” He was a believer in progressive social change and a supporter of American intervention in the war. Dewey saw the war as a necessary evil. He felt it was something that had to be dealt with and why not use it as an outlet for social reform if the opportunity arose. To quote him directly, “the future of our civilization depends upon the widening spread and deepening hold of the scientific cast of mind.”
“Conscription of Thought” can best be defined as a mandatory uptake of thought not just feeling and acting. The article discusses the argument that social cohesion “is best attained along with intellectual and emotional unity.” However, the effectiveness of the American intervention is “likely to be hampered by lack of those ideas.” Ultimately for Americans to be successful in their intervention, “participation should consist not in money nor in men, but in the final determination of peace policies which is made possible by the contribution of men and money.”
Germans gave the 369Th the nickname "Hellfighter" because in 190 days of duty at the front they never had any men captured or ground taken. Sergeant Henry Lincoln Johnson is one of the most famous soldiers of the regiment. Johnson while on sentry duty engaged a raiding group of 20 Germans in an intense skirmish that included hand to hand combat that included the use of Sergeant Lincolns bolo knife. He was severely wounded but also managed to rescue a fellow soldier who was being captured by the Germans. His actions were not recognised until he received posthumously the Purple Heart in 1996 and the military second highest honor in 2003 the Distinguished Service Cross. 
When World War I began in 1914, there were many mixed emotions about the war. 
WWI served as a catalyst for women writers to voice their observations and opinions on the war. Kate Kestien, author of When Our Men Lay in the Trenches, 1935, wrote about the hardships that women had to endure while the men were battling it out in the trenches.The effects of ether gave some a "paralysing weariness" that interfered with their vision. It was these sleep deprived women, loopy from the ether, that had to operate razor sharp equipment that needed to be maneuvered precisely. Kestien writes of the fast pass that they were forced to work at. The author told of an incident in which a woman's left hand got severed while operating a cutting machine. This women couldn't afford not to work because her husband, lying in the hospital, was recovering from his own wounds he received in battle. Having four children at home she did not want to leave her post in the factory, until she realized the survevaty of her wound. After receiving medical care this women appeared relieved that it was her left hand so she could still function with her dominate hand."It was at night that weariness crept into the limbs, especially around midnight, before the big break, when the air in the room had become dense and sticky.
Because of this injury, the armed guards were not pleased that the machines had to be shut down, they ordered the women to resume working as the injured women was being carried off to the hospital.
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