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Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare. Trench Warfare. The Canadian government wanted to encourage men to enlist for war. They said the war would be safe, hardly any fighting, a good lark and over by Christmas. They used advertising posters to encourage this idea!. A picture of soldiers going ‘Over the Top’.

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Trench Warfare

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  1. Trench Warfare

  2. Trench Warfare The Canadian government wanted to encourage men to enlist for war. They said the war would be safe, hardly any fighting, a good lark and over by Christmas. They used advertising posters to encourage this idea! A picture of soldiers going ‘Over the Top’

  3. Trench Warfare Posters always showed men ready and willing to fight. They never showed the boredom of the trenches or actual fighting taking place.

  4. The reality of ‘going over the top’ was very different!

  5. How the uniform and equipment changed after just three weeks in the trenches…

  6. The Failed Schlieffen Plan… Trench Warfare • World War I officially began with the German army storming through Belgium, into France. • At the First Battle of the Marne, Germany attacks and then retreats • A stalemate occurs

  7. Trench Warfare • Trench Warfare is battle in which both sides have dug trenches to stand their ground • Artillery fire (cannon) was used to keep the enemy off-guard

  8. Trench Warfare • Trenches were generally holes, dug about six feet deep • Trenches were a lot like a maze on both sides, with bunkers used for communications and storing ammunition

  9. Key 1.Communication Trench 2.Machine Gun Nest 3.Underground Bunker 4.Traverse 5.Wire Break 6.Listening Post + Trench Block

  10. Conditions in the Trenches No smiling and relaxed faces… No clean uniforms… Their equipment is scattered everywhere…Boredom and sleep are obvious…

  11. Conditions in the Trenches • In the busier front-line sectors: • constant machine gun and artillery fire • Don’t peer over the edge of the trench • Estimated 1/3rd of the deaths for the Allied Powers were in the trenches.

  12. Shell fire Conditions in the Trenches • Germans used mortar fire (large shells that explode on impact) against the allies • These shell attacks were more deadly than gunfire

  13. Conditions in the Trenches • Rats, which numbered in the millions infested the trenches • These rats gorged themselves on human remains • As a result, some were as big as cats.

  14. Rats continued… • A single rat could produce 900 offspring, so it was impossible to get rid of them • What do you think rats contributed to the trenches?

  15. Conditions in the Trenches

  16. Conditions in the Trenches • Lice, another problem with the trenches • Caused never-ending itching • Clothes that were “de-loused” almost always still had lice eggs on them • Condition called Trench Fever • Caused by lice • Horrible fever/severe pain

  17. Conditions in the Trenches • Trench foot: a fungal infection caused by standing in water for long periods of time • Especially bad at the beginning of the war • Conditions improved in 1915

  18. Poison Gas Conditions in the Trenches • In 1915, the Germans began to use poisonous chlorine gas in some shell attacks • The poisonous gas caused violent choking spells

  19. The Stench Conditions in the Trenches • Chlorine gas from the gas attacks still lingered in many places • Rotting carcasses lay around in their thousands. • For example, approximately 200,000 men were killed on the Somme battlefields, many of which lay in shallow graves

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