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Sanctuary Wood

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Sanctuary Wood

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  1. Press the ‘Esc’ key at any time to stop the presentation. Sanctuary Wood Neil Bartley and Martin Williams

  2. Sanctuary Wood Sanctuary Wood lies to the east of Ypres (modern day Ieper), just off the Menin Road. In 1914 the area was used by soldiers who had become separated from their regiments to recuperate (rest) before being sent back to rejoin their units. By 1915 the wood was part of the front line area and in 1916 German and Canadian troops fought within the wood itself. By that time the wood was not much of a wood at all, being full of wire, leafless trees, fallen trees and shattered tree stumps. The Germans eventually captured the wood in April 1918, but it was recaptured by the Allies during the Fourth Battle of Ypres. www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/europe/belgium/belgium.htm www.webmatters.net/maps/ww1_map_ieper_gen.htm

  3. A photograph taken of Sanctuary Wood, c.1919. Vickers Machine-Gun Can you spot:Ammunition crates, A Vickers Machine-Gun on a stand, A Lewis Light Machine-Gun,Scattered helmets and rifles? Note also the amount of wood used for duckboards and to prop up the narrow trench system. Image courtesy of M. Williams

  4. A Vickers Machine-Gun from World War One Image courtesy of the Museum of the Royal Regiment of Wales, Brecon

  5. Photographs of Sanctuary Wood taken in 2005. The photographs show the shell craters and part of the trench system that remain. There is a museum at Sanctuary Wood that also displays some of the military hardware from World War One that has been found in the area. Images courtesy of M. Williams

  6. Key Words What do you notice about the shape of this trench? Why do you think that it was built in this way? Enlarge the photo Image courtesy of M. Williams

  7. Image courtesy of M. Williams

  8. Key Words Why do you think that alcoves were dug into the side of trenches? What term is given to these constructions? Enlarge the photo Image courtesy of M. Williams

  9. Image courtesy of M. Williams

  10. Key Words What do you think has happened to this tree? What does this tell you about the scale of fighting in this area? Image courtesy of M. Williams

  11. Key Words This photograph was taken a few days after light rainfall. What does this indicate about conditions within the trenches? Image courtesy of M. Williams

  12. Key Words What do you think that this object was used for? Enlarge the photo Additional Information END Image courtesy of M. Williams

  13. Image courtesy of M. Williams

  14. Drainage was always a problem in Flanders. The fields were often water logged and farmers had found it difficult to construct adequate drainage systems before the war. When the trenches were built between 1914-1918 therefore, the soldiers found that they would quickly fill up with the trapped water that was just under the surface of the fields. When there was further heavy rainfall, soldiers and equipment became bogged down in thick, sticky mud and men often found themselves up to their knees in water and filth. Latrines overflowed and dugouts and duckboards were swamped. Pumps, like the one on the previous slide, were used to try and take water out of the trenches. But, none were ever really powerful enough to deal with the amount of water that gathered. There was also the added problem of where to pump the water – forward into No-Man’s Land, which hampered attacks, or back towards reserve trenches?

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