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basically, the German trenches had dugouts where they slept and everything...so.... they hid for 5 days and 5 nights in there with food and water and comfort while the English bombarded them.... the English didnt particularly have much prtection though :/ x
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That is a totally misguided impression.
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The trenches did start as small dug-outs but soon coalesced into more sophisticated lines stretching across Belgium as each side tried to out-flank the other.
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Neither sides' trenches offered any real protection against artillery, and the troops were in them for far longer than 5 days, though they were relieved at intervals. They did not "hide" - the trench gave some protection against small-arms fire but little else, and the infantry fighting consisted of long bouts of sniping at each other interspersed with occasional attempts to storm the enemy by fruitless charges that merely ended in terrible slaughter.
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As for comfort: you have a strange imagination! Conditions rapidly became squalid for both sides, especially after bad weather set in, though the English army had slightly more and better food than the Germans.
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What was the worst killer in ww1 trenches?
More soldiers died of artillery shell explosions than any other cause
What lighting did they have in the trenches during ww1?
There were electric light in German trenches in WW1 because they were more advanced and had better trenches than the British.
When was artillery from ww1 first used?
Artillery in WW1 was used in Battery or even larger formations.
When were the trenches made in WW1?
November 1914
What was trench warfare in ww1?
fighting in trenches
What were the conditions of the trenches in WW1?
Hot, disease-ridden, lots of flies, and hazardous thanks to snipers and artillery.
How was chlorine gas used?
It was used as a weapon during WW1. The gas was packed into artillery shells and shot into the enemy trenches.
What was the worst killer in ww1 trenches?
More soldiers died of artillery shell explosions than any other cause
Why people lived in trenches?
in WW1 thay lved in trenches to be protected from attacks from bombs and grenades thrown by the enemey. the earth trenches hid them as well as making it harder for bombs to harm them
What lighting did they have in the trenches during ww1?
There were electric light in German trenches in WW1 because they were more advanced and had better trenches than the British.
What does the trenches mean in World War 1?
they fought in the trenches ww1 was known as a war in the trenches
When was artillery from ww1 first used?
Artillery in WW1 was used in Battery or even larger formations.
Was life bad in the trenches in ww1?
yes
What have maori's invented?
Trenches used in WW1
What was trench warfare in ww1?
fighting in trenches
When were the trenches made in WW1?
November 1914
What wire was used to protect ww1 trenches?
Barbed wire was used to protect the trenches.
