WW1 Trench Warfare

Yes, in some ways the battle of The Somme was succesfull, it surved its purpose and reduced the pressure of the French army. Allthough the battle caused many deaths without much gain of territory.
No the battle of the Somme was a huge failure. 80,000 casualties

their poo, the person next to them's poo and eventually, the person next to them

That would most likely be WWI as horses were still widely used. Although I do recall that in WWII, the Polish cavalry were roundly defeated by German tanks when the Nazis invaded Poland. But they went the way of the battleship in WWII; they simply became obsolete in modern warfare.

42,042 Canadians died fighting WW2. As well as 1,148 Canadian merchant seamen were killed.

source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Canada_during_the_Second_World_War

Yes, if they were attacking, but no if they were not, it was too dangerous

"Mustard gas was the most deadly weapon used. It was fired into the trenches in shells. It is colourless and takes 12 hours to take effect. Effects include: blistering skin, vomiting, sore eyes, internal and external bleeding. Death can take up to 5 weeks."

They perform alternative service usually in medical or mental health facilities.
A conscientious objector (CO) is a person that will not carry arms but will instead help out in medical, kitchen or "non-bloody" work

To get rid of lice soldiers would hold their shirt or whatever part of their clothes was infected with lice and eggs, to an open flame where the lice would pop like Chinese fire crackers. This would kill both lice and eggs.

Sometimes they would have baths or showers out of the trenches giving them time to de-lice and get new clean clothes.

This wouldn't keep them away though and would only provide a small amount of time without itching, before they would get lice again.

Most of the countries of the British Empire became independent in the years after World War II.

It used to store food

bomb it.

several soldiers form a squad. several squads form a platoon. Several platoons form a company and several companies form a battalion.

"Trench warfare was used in World War I"

Unlike deep sea trenches which are found in areas where one tectonic plate slides beneath another undersea canyons are found along the slopes of most continental margins the submarine canyons for example tend to have steeper side slopes much higher gradients and considerably narrower floors. thats how they different

no because amanita phaloides is a poisinous fungus, so unless you were lying about liking the guest or bipolar you would never do that.

In Canada during WW1, the main things that were rationed were food and gasoline. Prime
Minister Borden put rations or limits, on food so that the soldiers would get their full rations and meals so they are strong fighters. Weekly, each Canadian adult was entitled to have 1.8 kg of meat and 220g of sugar. The government also encouraged people not to horde. Gasoline was needed for the transportation and airplane fighter crafts. Each Canadian adult was limited to 26 L weekly. Many people were fined for trying to buy more then their limit and also to whoever sold someone more then their weekly sacrifice. The government then began to hire companies such as "The National Film Board", and "The Wartime Information Board", to make propaganda that was convincing towards rations.

It varied between 1 day and a coup[le of years

Hmm. Not literally. Sometimes you will see the phrase that mentiosn the "home front" or the "home trenches" which refers to the civilians helping in the war effort by giving and saving on products such as gas, rubber and meat. Maybe that is what you refer to.

Firstly, and most importantly, soldiers took their military issue items such as weaponry, (rifles/side-arms/knives), uniforms, blankets, paybooks, emergency rations and ID tags/papers.

Secondly, and I think what you may have wanted answered, was what soldiers took of a personal nature.

This varied widely but the most common items where photos/love-letters/poems/embroidered handkerchiefs, sweetheart badges and other small keepsakes that could easily be carried on their person. Items from wives and girlfriends took priority over items from general family members. Tabacco in tins and cigarette lighters were favourites as well.

More practical items where also taken. Bearing in mind that the Western Front was very cold most of the year, additional clothing items from home were common - such as knitted socks, scarves, longjohns, balaclavas and the like.

Most soldiers had some possession of emotional value on them. They saw these items as a link with what they cherished most and after experiencing the horrors of war often took solice in a physical connection with their normal lives and loves. Sadly, many of the smaller personal items were used in identifying the bodies of fallen soldiers.

In the beginning, there was a lot of heroism and romance about war. The soldiers thought that they were going to be heroes, and were happy and excited to put their names down to be soldiers. So conscription wasn't really needed in the beginning. I'm sure the men who became soldiers at the start didn't really see why they needed conscription; it was kind of like a 'well, who doesn't want to be a hero?' mindset.

However, once they began to realise how bad war really was and how dangerous and devastating it was, less and less people kept signing up, so conscription became compulsory. By the time the men knew what they were signing up for and began to try and avoid it, they had no choice whether they wanted to go to war or not.

I bet heaps of the soldiers brought in near the end of the war really didn't want to be there...so I guess you could say that in the beginning, they saw no need for it, but by the time they realised what they were getting themselves in for, it was too late and they began to despise conscription. People who didn't go and fight were called conscientious objectors.

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Answer this question… An army digs a long hole in the ground to protect territory.

Trench warfare began in the 17th century by the French. It was more widely used in WW I. The opposing sides would dig trenches in order to fight and hide from the opponent. With the invention of the machine gun they also provided protection from this deadly weapon. There was an area between known as no man's land that divided the two trenches. Often you would find barbed wire to protect the enemy from entering each others trenches.

During the First World War, which lasted from the 28th July 1914 to 11th November 1918, the Battle of the Somme became notorious for the slaughter inflicted on opposing forces between 1st Jul 1916 – 18th Nov 1916. It was fought by the armies of the British and French against the German forces. More than three million men fought in this battle and one million men were wounded or killed. It went down in history as one of the bloodiest battle of all time - it was simply a slaughter of a generation of young men on both sides.