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islander · « **on:** April 25, 2015, 05:23:00 AM »

World War I Trench Facts

Trench warfare is a war tactic, or way of fighting that was commonly used on the Eastern Front and the Western Front in WW1. In trench warfare, the two sides fighting each other dig trenches in a battlefield to stop the enemy from advancing.

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islander · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2015, 05:27:42 AM »

â€œSome may regard a trench as a romantic place, but it makes a thankless home. Most trenches were deep and narrow, safe from rifle fire and pretty secure from shrapnel. Nevertheless accidents did occur. A fellow would keep his head too far above the parapet or look too long through a peep hole and get sniped. Sometimes a bullet penetrated a badly filled sandbag and settled some poor devils accountâ€¦the trenches zig-zagged all the way, so enemy fire could into enfilade for any distance. The sun stared down onto the baked earth and searched out every corner. To provide some shade, fellows stretched blankets overhead, pinned to the walls with bayonets. Sometimes attempts were made to get little comforts, such as seats, shelves and pictures from illustrated papers. But nothing really disguised the horror of these homes.â€

Loch, Sydney. To Hell and Back: The banned account of Gallipoli, Sydney: Harper Collins, 2007, p154.
Image: Men in trenches at Gallipoli. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/G00425

http://www.anzacsofgallipoli.com/

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islander · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2015, 05:32:52 AM »

Trench warfare is a type of fighting where both sides dig deep trenches in the ground as a defence against the enemy. The World War 1 trenches could stretch many miles and made it almost impossible for one side to advance on the other.

The Western Front in World War 1, located in France, was fought using trench warfare. WW1 started on 28 June 1914, and by the end of 1914 both sides had built trenches that went from the North Sea and through Belgium and France. Neither side made much ground for nearly three and a half years â€“ from October 1914 to March of 1918.

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islander · « **Reply #3 on:** April 25, 2015, 05:42:44 AM »

Facts about World War 1 Trenches

Two British soldiers standing in a flooded communication trench during WW1.

It is estimated that there were about 2,490km of trench lines dug during World War 1. Most trenches were between 1-2 metres wide and 3 metres deep.

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islander · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:14:53 AM »

Life in the trenches was very difficult because they were dirty and flooded in bad weather. Many of the trenches also had pests living in the trenches including rats, lice, and frogs. Rats in particular were a problem and ate soldierâ€™s food as well as the actual soldiers while they slept. Lice also caused a disease called Trench Fever that made the soldiers itch terribly and caused fever, headache, sore muscles, bones, and joints.

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islander · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:15:31 AM »

Many soldiers living in the trenches suffered from Trench Foot. Rain and bad weather would flood the trenches making them boggy, muddy and could even block weapons and make it hard to move in battle. The sustained exposure to the wet, muddy conditions could cause Trench Foot, which sometimes would result in the foot being amputated. Cold weather was dangerous, too and soldiers often lost fingers or toes to frostbite. Some soldiers also died from exposure to the cold.

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islander · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:16:30 AM »

Soldiers rotated through three stages of the frontline. Most soldiers would spend anywhere from one day up to two weeks in the trenches at a time. They spent some time in the frontline trenches, time in the support trenches and also time resting. Even when they werenâ€™t fighting, soldiers had work to do â€“ including repairing the trenches, moving supplies, cleaning weapons, undergoing inspections or guard duty.

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islander · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:17:07 AM »

Trenches werenâ€™t dug in straight lines, but were instead dug in a zigzag pattern. The WW1 trenches were built as a system, in a zigzag pattern with many different levels along the lines. They had paths dug so that soldiers could move between the levels.

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islander · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:18:21 AM »

Trenches typically had an embankment at the top and a barbed wire fence. Often, trenches in World War 1 would be reinforced with sandbags and wooden beams. In the trench itself, the bottom was covered with wooden boards called duckboards. These were meant to protect the soldiersâ€™ feet from the water in the trenches to try and prevent Trench Foot.

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islander · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:20:04 AM »

The land between the two enemy trench lines was called â€œNo Manâ€™s Land.â€ No Manâ€™s Land was sometimes covered with land mines and barbed wire. The distance between enemy trenches was anywhere from 50 to 250 yards apart.

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islander · « **Reply #10 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:22:25 AM »

The trenches were dug by soldiers and there were three ways to dig them. Sometimes the soldiers would simply dig the trenches straight into the ground â€“ a method known as entrenching. Entrenching was fast, but the soldiers were open to enemy fire while they dug. Another method was to extend a trench on one end. It was called sapping and was a safer method but took a lot longer. Tunneling â€“ which is digging a tunnel and then removing the roof to make a trench when it is complete â€“ was the safest method, but it was the most difficult too.

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islander · « **Reply #11 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:27:45 AM »

It was very difficult to sleep in the trenches. The noise and uncomfortable surroundings made it very difficult to sleep in trenches. Soldiers were constantly tired and in danger of falling asleep. This is why the watch shift was kept to 2 hours to avoid men falling asleep while on watch.

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islander · « **Reply #12 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:31:38 AM »

There were several ceasefires or truces in the trenches during World War I. In 1914, around Christmas time, both the British and German soldiers put down their weapons, came out of their trenches and exchanged gifts and sung carols â€“ ceasing fire to celebrate Christmas. This is now known as the Christmas Truce.

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islander · « **Reply #13 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:33:16 AM »

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