Soldiers in WWI Life in the trenches was extremely difficult for thousands of people in WWI. The living conditions were terrible which added to the difficulty of life of a soldier on the frontline during WWI. The trenches‚ along with the rest of the war‚ were filled with the fear of going head on into battle. Soldiers faced death along with infestation‚ incoming artillery and lack of supplies. WWI began as the result of a Serbian Nationalist assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Nature of Life in the Trenches The nature of life in the trenches was a dangerous place. It was a place for the dead or for the survivors. Trenches were a front line which was dug metres underground‚ inside the trenches‚ were supplies‚ training areas‚ stores and mainly headquarters. The trenches were the main area to store arms of artillery and mortars. Life was hell for soldiers. Bearing the pain they went through‚ the diseases‚ the infections‚ the bad conditions living in‚ having to deal with
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Trench Life As no one expected the war to last as long as it did‚ the first trenches were hurriedly made. They were holes in the ground dug by soldiers to protect themselves from the enemy. These constructions were hastily made and often flooded and collapsed. As the front line movement began to slow down these trenches became deeper and more sophisticated. Trench construction was difficult. It took nearly six hours for 450 men to construct 250 metres of trenches. After the initial trenches were
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Trench Foot was a serious disorder during World War 1‚ especially during the winter of 1914-1915‚ when over 20‚000 Allied men were affected. Whale oil played a vital role in minimizing the condition but even so some 74‚000 Allied troops had been afflicted by the end of the war. In Flanders and France trenches were dug in land that was often at or near to sea level and where the water table was just beneath the soil surface. After a couple of feet of digging the soldiers inevitably hit water and
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Imagine yourself in a muddy trench‚ being about eight to ten feet deep down. There are enemies firing guns overhead up top of the trench flying over it and the stench in the trench is horrible. There are many bodies piled around that have died and sometimes giant rats would walk about. Disease runs rampant and many people die due to the hard conditions. That’s a small part of what it was probably like to be fighting in the trenches back in World War One. Trench warfare was one of the biggest parts
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World War One: Table of Contents: What is Trench Foot?....................................pg3 Causes of Trench Foot?.................................pg4 Symptoms and Treatment……………………pg5 Why does it affect the soldiers during the world war one?...............................................pg6 Bibliography……………………………………..pg7 What is Trench Foot? Many soldiers who fought in the First World War suffered from trench foot. Trench foot is a medical condition caused by long period of time in
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Introduction World War 1 is one of the greatest‚ yet tragic‚ historical events that has ever taken place. It involved many of the world’s strongest and greatest countries joining together to form alliances against one another. WW1 started on the 28th July 1914. It then continued for another 4 years and finally ended on the 11th November 1918. This tragic event took the lives of 16.5 million people‚ which includes civilians and over 4 million people were wounded. There were two alliances; the
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Source C shows a group of German soldiers positioned in a trench in northern France. The soldiers in the trench are holding a heavy machine gun and have an advanced gas mask over their faces. This tells me that they are prepared for a gas attack. This photo was taken three years into the war which tells me that gas attacks became more frequent and therefore they felt the need to improve the gas masks to be more prepared. The source is German‚ and on one hand it is good because it shows us the features
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Phillip Jones March 15‚ 2005 Essay #1 During World War I‚ trench warfare was very common. It was a newer technique in battles as in wars prior to the Great World War‚ fighting was less invasive and men merely marched at each other from opposite ends of fields and fought until only one side remained standing or a white flag was hung high in surrender. In fact in older wars‚ the fighting was far less dangerous to the point where battles were often times viewed by locals who
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nine-teen century WW1 broke out with a serious disease called Trench Foot‚ was more common to encounter within soldiers than any other disease. This disease was caused by a combination of wet feet with lacerations which allowed infections to worsten within the insanitary conditions. This effected the men who stood for hours in waterlogged trenches without being able to remove wet socks or boots. Trenches were dug often at or near sea level. Conditions made it easier to get Trench Foot with the common
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