Life in the TrenchWWI

Digging

Eating

War

Happy Dead

Scared Survivors

Life in the TrenchWaterlogged TrenchesFoodRegulation EquipmentRatsLiceTrench FootAlcoholField Punishment No 1ExecutionFront lineSIW

The Trench SystemFront line trenchesTrench systemSandbagsNo mans landBarbed wire

Trench WarfarePatrol and RaidsTunnelingSnipersArtillery BarrageMachine-Gun PillboxesFlame ThrowersTank AttackChlorine GasMustard Gas

TRUE or FALSE

True or False #1Soldiers are executed if they sleep during guard duty in the trench

True or False #2Trench foot was a common infection on the feet for soldiers living in trenches

True or False #3Rats eat humans

True or False #4One pair of rat produces 400 offsprings

True or False #5The front line of the trench is the most safe

True or False #6It took 6 hours for the food to be delivered to the front line

True or False #7Soldiers in the trench would remove lice by using clean water

True or False #8The most effective way of removing lice was burning them

True or FalseSoldiers were allowed to drink rum in the trench

True or FalseMany people slept outside of their trench

*Front line trench 7ft deep 6ft wideGermans, advantageAbsorb bullet + block shellsBarbed-wire entanglements were virtually impassable. Before a major offensive soldiers were sent out to cut a path with wire-cutters. Another tactic was to place a Bangalore Torpedo (a long pipe filled with explosive) and detonate it under the wire. *Patrol would meet; hand to hand combat front-line trenches suffered from enemy snipers. These men were usually specially trained marksmen that had rifles with telescopic sights. German snipers did not normally work from their own trenches. The main strategy was to creep out at dawn into no-man's land and remain there all day. Wearing camouflaged clothing and using the cover of a fake tree, they waited for a British soldier to pop his head above the parapet. A common trick was to send up a kite with English writing on it. Anyone who raised his head to read it was shot. The German Army first began experimenting with flame-throwers in 1900 and were issued to special battalions eleven years later. The flame-thrower used pressurized air, carbon dioxide or nitrogen to force oil through a nozzle. Ignited by a small charge, the oil became a jet of flame. Flame-throwers were first used at the Western Front in October 1914. Operated by two men, they were mainly used to clear enemy soldiers from front-line trenches. At first they had a range of 25 metres but later this was increased to 40 metres. This meant they were only effective over narrow areas of No Man's Land. Another problem was that the flame-thrower was difficult to move around and only contained enough oil to burn 40 seconds at the time. Soldiers who operated flame-throwers had a short-life span because as soon as they used them they were the target of rifle and machine-gun fire.

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