WWI Vocabulary and The Trench System

Group 5: Gabby, Josie, Jenny, Dante, Victoria, and Paul

Just a lil’ vocab first!

• Queue- a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn

• Billet- Lodging for a soldier, student, etc. as in a private home or nonmilitary public building

• Pettifogging- dishonest or unethical in insignificant matters

• Barrack- A building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison

Just a lil’ more vocab

• Latrine- a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.

• Esprit De Corps- A sense of unity and of common interests and responsibilities, as developed among a group of persons closely associated in a task, cause, or enterprise

• Gangrene- Necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction

• Tommy- Slang for bread• Munitions- Usually materials used in war, especially

weapons and ammunition

How ‘bout lil’ more• Aspirant- An person who aspires, one who seeks or

desires a career. • Lorry- A motor truck• Barrage- An heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect

one’s own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.

• Battery- Two or more pieces of artillery used for combined action.

• Quartermaster- An officer charged with providing quarters, clothing, fuel, or transportation.

• Chlorine Gas- An gas that causes acute damage in the upper and lower respiratory tract. First used as a weapon at Ypres, France, in 1915.

How ‘bout some trenches

Trenches!!! :D

• started by the French and British

-Stop the GERMANS!!! >:/

• Dug by troops to provide shelter from enemy fire

• By the end of WWI there were at least 12,000 miles of trenches dug

5 parts of a trench

• Barbed wire

• Fire step

• Duck boards

• Sandbagged parapet

• Parados

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