World Wars commemorationInvention type bac

Métropole 2015, LV1

A journalist writes a short magazine article to say why it is important to commemorate the World Wars. Write the article. (150 words, +/- 10%)

Quelle phrase indique que la plupart des soldats n'avaient jamais combattu auparavant ?

Many had never been on the battlefield before.

Soldiers were used to fighting.

War was all they had always known.

War? Most of them knew nothing but that.

Quelle phrase met en avant le fait que beaucoup de soldats ne sont jamais revenus de la guerre ?

So many never came back.

After the war, they went on holidays.

Eventually, they were able to rest a little.

When the war ended, most of them went back home.

Quelle phrase souligne le fait que la plupart des gens considèrent la paix comme acquise ?

Unfortunately, far too often, we take peace for granted.

Peace is something fragile.

By the end of the war, people were afraid peace would not last.

European citizens are aware of the fact that war might tear the continent apart again.

Quel argument met en avant la nécessité de prendre les armes ?

To put a stop to that bloodbath, they had no choice but to take up arms and fight the enemy.

To help the French they needed guns.

The British did not want to surrender like the French.

The British did not like the idea of having to speak German.

Quel argument indique que les Européens ont pris des mesures afin d'empêcher un nouveau conflit mondial ?

International organisations such as the European Union and the United Nations were born from the ashes of war so that it would never happen again.

They formed an alliance with the Germans to determine how they would prepare the war.

They created the European Central Bank so that money issues would not bring conflicts anymore.

They sought the help of the Japanese.