World War 1 trench entertainment

Answer 1

Soldiers endured mud, disease, lack of sleep, constant shelling, sniper fire, and the risk of being sent on a nearly suicidal "over the top" attack. Molly: Soldiers were not only subjected to the noise and destruction of snipers and shells but also to the seemingly endless silences just waiting the next attack. They witnessed so much death on such a regular basis it is unimaginable for most people. There was so much disease and infection that some soldiers did not even last a week, this shows the true Horror that occured. The previous answer was pathetic and misleading as it only lightly grazed the surface of what it was really like for soldiers in WW1.

Answer 2

Work mainly consisted of repairing the trenches and the rest of the time they would be writing letters,reading or writing in diaries. There were normally two troops per trench, so its easy to have fun.

Answer 3

Many soldiers used rats as entertainment; they would place a piece of food on the floor and when the rats came round they would all hit them with their spades.

They also did what was called "Trench Art" which was broken pieces of glass, shrapnel, clay. etc.

Chalk carvings were also popular, with contemporary postcards showing carvings into the side of rocky outcrops around dug-outs etc, which again confirm their existence in the battlefield

Answer 4

for leisure they could write a letter home or write in there diarys or they could clean there guns if they did not clean there guns they could blow up in there own hands

Answer 5

smell each other