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“Caught between two lines of fire, the Germans gave them two options: surrender or die. They chose a third..”The Lost Battalion: Movie Questions Directions: During the film, fill in the answers to the questions below in the space provided. All of the questions are in order and the bold headings indicate dates/locations show on screen as the movie progresses.
Meuse-Argonne Sector, France 1918
1. List 3 types of transportation shown in the staging area behind the front trenches.
2. What does the solider note the troops are in need of? What in the general’s response?
3. What did the ladies groups in Britain send to the soldiers? What are they used for?
4. Mud Crunchers is the name given to infantry men. Why do you think they are called this?
5. Name some of the weapons the trainers mention when they are briefing the soldiers in the trench.
6. Describe the landscape when the soldiers advance out of the trench onto the battlefield
7. What new weapon to World War I do the two New York soldiers throw over a ledge?
*Major Whittlesey and his Battalion have orders to clog the middle of the German offensive line so the French and American forces can break through on the flanks (or the edges)
German Headquarters: Argonne Forest
8. What two Allied Forces do the Germans mention?
9. How do the Germans describe the Americans?
October 2nd
10. What supplies do the soldiers need?
11. What happened so that the battalion cannot communicate with headquarters?
12. What type of warfare does “digging in” refer to?
13. What items are the surviving soldiers taking from the dead?
October 3rd
14. By what nickname do the Americans refer to the Germans?
15. What plan does Whittlesey suggest to make the Germans think the American are not ready?
16. Why did the soldier run down to the river for water? What happened to him?
17. What are the Polish-American soldier and the New York soldier arguing about?
18. Who is Whittlesey’s battalion surrounded by? What do they decide to do?
October 4th
19. Why does Whittlesey say it is important to hold this position?
20. Why are the Americans excited when the bombs hits? Why are they then suddenly terrified?
21. Why would the solider want to leave the metal shard in his back?
22. What was Whittlesey’s profession before the war?
October 5th
23. Why do you think the major keeps requesting that the dead soldiers be covered?
24. How is the location of the Lost Battalion discovered by headquarters? How do the Germans respond to this discovery?
October 6th
25. What message does the captured U.S. solider bring back from Major Prinz (the German major)?
26. How many able U.S. troops are left at this point in the battle?
October 7th
27. What weapon do the German’s introduce to try and overtake the Americans?
28. What is being collected off the bodies of the dead U.S. soldiers?
29. How many soldiers started out in Whittlesey’s Battalion? How many were left when the Lost Battalion was finally found?