Where did the soldiers sleep in World War 1?

Answer 1

Soldiers battled in trenches that they dug. They would dig a hole in the side of the trench and sleep there.

Here is a good site to go to and see what I'm talking about:

http://www.harris-academy.com/departments/history/Trenches/Jedidiah/jed2.htm

Answer 2

When their unit was in the trenches the soldiers had dugouts. These were deep holes dug down from the side of trench, and widened out into an underground room when deep enough to be safe from a direct hit by a heavy enemy artillery shell. You still weren't completely safe because a lucky hit could destroy and bury the only way in and out, and you'd have to hope you could get dug out before suffocating. Naturally these dugouts tended to be dirty, dark, damp and dank, at least on the Allied side of the line. The Germans had usually had the advantage of the terrain along which they wanted to place their lines, and always close the highest ground in the area as more militarily advantageous. This left the opposing Allies down at the bottom, in the mud of the low ground. The Germans tended to make elaborate dugouts, even paneling the walls and putting down flooring of some type, and wiring the dugouts with electricity provided by generators, so they could have lights. The Allies had to use candles, mostly. When a big battle was about to happen, everyone knew it because it was impossible to hide the preparations. These preparations almost always included bringing up trainloads of artillery ammunition, and more cannon, many, many more cannon. So the cannon would be practically wheel hub to wheel hub when the mountains of accumulated ammunition was shot at the enemy in the preliminary bombardment. This could last for a week, around the clock every day. You had to ride this out in your dugouts. Naturally, it was not uncommon for men to go insane cooped up in these conditions. When the incoming barrage finally lifted, you knew the enemy infantry was on the way and had to run out with your rifles and machine guns to mow them down.

Units got rotated out of the lines every few weeks, to give the men a few days of rest, a chance to sleep above ground, maybe get a bath and some clean clothes. They generally only got a few miles behind the front, but it was a welcome relief. If there was a barracks nearby they might be allowed to stay in it, or of not, in any barn or structure of any sort still standing. Most civilians were evacuated or had fled from the area near the front, so there were empty buildings to which the soldiers would help themselves.

Answer 3

They slept and fought in their trenches.

Trench Warfare:

WWI is widely known for the type of warfare the soldiers used. They fought using trench warfare tactics. The opposing armies would dig a trench in the ground and then lob explosives at each other using howitzers, trench mortars, and other early weapons.

For more info on the WWI weapons go to:

http://wwwzperiodzfirstworldwarzperiodzcom/weaponry

For info on the basic parts of a trench go to:

http://www.harris-academy.com/departments/history/Trenches/Jedidiah/jed2.htm

Answer 4

they sleeped in 3s they slepped in the trenches in 3s in cots.