Zusammenfassung der Ressource
why did men sign up
- they were encouraged by the
success in the Boer war
- they didn't require
any skills of reading
and writing, just
strength
- didn't want to be cowards
- propaganda
- manly
- money for their families
- honour of fighting for
country
- poor Belgium;
angry at Germans
- thought they would be
home soon
- didn't think they would die
- didn't think they
would die
- peer pressure
- protecting families
- pal's battalion; entire
villages signing up
- sense of belonging
- excited to go over seas