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Duckboards are boards nailed crosswise across bearers ( like railway sleepers in arrangement), laid across muddy soil to spread the weight of traffic. Without them, the soldiers in the trenches would just have sunk slowly into the ground - as many did who stepped off the duckboards.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoAt the time of the World War I, duckboards were built primarily to allow soldiers positioned in the Western Front to have a better mobility through the trench system. These boards aided the soldiers in their advancement in the front lines.
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∙ 13y agoTo keep the soldiers feet out of the mud and water in the trenches.
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∙ 15y agoIt was an attempt to keep their feet dry.
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