It was a term used to describe departing the trench to attack an enemy position.
Attacking the enemy's trenches
The action of getting out of the trenches and going "over the top" of the trench and onto exposed ground.
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Leaving trenches to attack.
Going over the top means: Leaving the safety of your trench and attacking the enemies base
the soldiers were scared when they went over the top, if one soldier told you that they wernt scared when they went over the top they would have been lying
Going over the top is when soldiers were forced to run over the top of the trenches in which they were fighting from and walk out on to the battlefield to gain vital land in the war. hundreds of people would die while traveling through no man's land.
"Stand to" was a World War I command used in the trenches to warn the troops to get ready and prepare for going over the top.
In World War 1 the soldiers felt very worried about going over the top while some were very excited and thought of it as an honour to be fighting for their country. In World War 1 the soldiers felt very worried about going over the top while some were very excited and thought of it as an honour to be fighting for their country.
fought for there country but didnt know if they was going to die if the other alliace had attacked first
The phrase 'going over the top' - referred to the soldiers in the trenches climbing out and up to flat ground, and advancing towards the enemy over 'no-mans land'. Attacking the enemy's trenches~APEX
I wouldn't say there were any "advantages" to going over the top during the First World War. If you were lucky, you survived the attack on enemy trenches. If unlucky, you were killed. If somewhat lucky, you received an injury referred to by soldiers as a "blighty" - not enough to kill or maim you, but enough to get you out of the front lines for a while as you recovered and the wound healed, or to send you home.