What were the structure of trenches like in World War 1?

Answer 1

Well, it would probaly look zigzaggy as not all the trenches were built straight, this was to prevent major damage from the enemey soldiers.

Try to imagine a tree with spread out branches.

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also their were michine guns around the trench

Answer 2

the structure was like zig-zags .

so if a Germans tried to go in there trenches they would get lost.

the trenchs were curved so if a bomb landed in the trenchs then only a part of the trenchs would be blown up .

Answer 3

The trenches in WW1 were dug by hand across the French and Belgian farmland for over a 100 miles. They were not straight but zig-zagged so that the shrapnel (sharp bits of metal flying at high speed) from a bomb blast would do least damage. They were deep enough to walk about in without being shot. As a result they were always partly full of water and infested with rats. Boards called duckboards were put over the muddy floor to walk on. There was a firestep on the enemy side so that soldiers could climb up to watch the enemy and shoot when necessary. The front line trenches of both armies (Germans and Allies) were only about 100 yards apart. The land beween them was called no-mans-land and was full of barbed wire and shell holes (filled with muddy water) Trenches led back from the front line at right angles so that supplies and men could be brought up in safety.