WW1 Trench Warfare

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.

Yes the food was crap It depends on what war and what was the economic times of the country going into war. But most of the time the food was pretty bad (if there was even food to begin with).

They ate in the trenches, simple really!

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No i don't believe he did because if he had then he would have thought of a backup plan instead of leading them to the Germans, he did not think to protect them because of the expense of a machine gun he did not see his men worthy of that amount of money.

The machine gun is an overrated weapon

Something haig quoted.

Real bloody!

WWI consisted of a lot of trench warfare. It was relatively hard to push back enemy forces, and war tactics revolved mainly on placement and digging of trenches. Between two opposing trenches was a neutral land where it was easy to get killed. Storming an opposing trench was very difficult.

life in the trenches in ww1 sucked. it was cold and wet and muddy and soldiers had to stay there for days if not hours on end. it wasnt a fun happy time in which people were like "yay its cold and wet and muddy lets splash in the puddles" it wasnt like that. soldiers sometimes walked and walked and walked through trenches and their boots were filled with dirty cold water that often had lice and fleas and rats in it. these creatures were everywhere in the trenches. the soldiers could not change their boots that were filled with infected water. their feet went all soggy and diseased. they got trench foot and it was disgusting and painful. they could not cure it sometimes they had to cut off their feet.

So people don't desert. Would you rather be shot by someone else and die honorably for your country or would you rather be shot by your own guy and die in shame? This was kind of the mentality that the old Generals whose lives are too "important" to risk tried to instill into their troops. Deserters mean more deserters, and eventually you've got an army of nothing. Therefore, you try to stop desertion at its roots. If one guy stands up to a tyrant, and another guy stands up, and then and third, and eventually a lot of guys stand up, you will probably too. Then eventually everyone (or damn close to everyone), the tyrant can do nothing, because if he puts them all to death, he is no longer the ruler of anything.

"To encourage the others", as Voltaire said of the 18th-century British execution of Admiral Byng for failing to "do his utmost" in a botched action. Combat fatigue and shell-shock - forerunners of today's PTSD - were little acknowledged until late in the war. Fear of political subversion sustained a hard line as Russia's revolution and withdrawal from the war threatened to produce echoes in the west: French and Italian troops did indeed refuse to fight in 1917 and British soldiers briefly mutinied at Étaples. During the war the British executed 306, against 80,000 treated for war-related stress: all received a posthumous pardon in 2006, though their sentences were allowed to stand.

Disease occurred and spread mainly because the conditions of the trenches were so poor that health and hygiene were out of the question. This means that the soldiers were all vulnerable to death, not just from enemy gunfire, but from disease aswell.

The trenches of WW I were unpleasant at any time of year; at Christmas they were cold and snowy, in addition to their usual unpleasant features. Trench warfare could accurately be described as a prolonged nightmare.

It didn't only take place in France. There was just as much fighting in Russia, Africa, the Middle East and at sea. Now, the question becomes WHY was there fighting in France. The answer is quite simple. Germany invaded France and France didn't want to be taken over, so the only thing they could do was fight.

Yes it is, infact most, if not all, elite military outfits are thought to dig trenches or foxholes to hold a position or to over look a hostile valley. In Afganistan, US army soldiers use trenches to better spot and elimate the Taliban and other organisations.

Operation Desert Storm (Jan/Feb 1991) consisted largely of "Smart Weapons". Instead of 100 conventional bombs aimed at a target, hoping one or two will strike the target, ONE "smart weapon" could hit with 98% accuracy. Night vision devices were available for ground, air and sea-borne troops; prior to Desert Storm, "white light" was used (normal search lights). Although Kevlar helmets had been used during Operation Urgent Fury (Grenada-1983), the Kevlar helmets used by ground troops in Desert Storm were the latest in protective armor, with DESERT CAMOFLAGE UNIFORMS.

Trench warfare was the main method of fighting during the first World War. It involved each side digging a system of active and supporting trenches. In between the trenches was 'No Man's Land,' which was a tangle of barbed wire and landmines. Men who entered No Man's Land were usually injured or killed.

Although trenches have been used in other wars before and since World War 1, armies in World War 1 could not move fast enough to carry through with an offensive, and they were easily pushed back by reinforcements brought in by railroad train. The war became static, turning into an artillery duel, and the machine gun became even more effective. The safest place to be was in a trench.

"Rotting carcases lay around in their thousands. For example, approximately 200,000 men were killed on the Somme battlefields, many of which lay in shallow graves." "Overflowing latrines would similarly give off a most offensive stench. Men who had not been afforded the luxury of a bath in weeks or months would offer the pervading odour of dried sweat. The feet were generally accepted to give off the worst odour. Trenches would also smell of creosol or chloride of lime, used to stave off the constant threat of disease and infection. Add to this the smell of cordite, the lingering odour of poison gas, rotting sandbags, stagnant mud, cigarette smoke and cooking food... yet men grew used to it, while it thoroughly overcame first-time visitors to the front." Just use your imagination and u will know Source Firstworldwar.com

Trenches were usually built from some of the items below:-

Soil

Sand

Sandbags

Planks

Duckboards

Wood

Concrete

Sleepers

Trees

Bodies

However, the German trenches were usually more substantial than that of the Allied forces. This is because they were fighting a defensive war, and their front line did not alter much. Their trenches were deep, and often had connecting "cellars" very strongly made of concrete for their own troops to shelter in while the allied artillery blasted empty trenches; the Germans thus re-emerged unscathed when the bombardment was lifted.

There are many brick and mortar stores and online shops that have ladies trench coats available for purchase. This style of coat is available from Sears, L.L. Bean, Macy's, Amazon, DHgate and eBay.

Some soldiers tried to kill them and eat them for food because they did not have much to eat. How they did that was by putting a piece of cheese on the end of their bayonet and when the rat comes they pull out the gun and shoot it. Then they have a tasty treat (at least I think it was tasty, I've never actually had one.) BUT MAKE SURE TO COOK THE RAT BEFORE EATING. Another way of getting rid of trench rats is by stabbing it with a bayonet or clubbing it to death.

It depends on how you put it into perspective; most people would say there are no Pros to war. Cons: A lot of lives lost, Expenses, Debt, The possibility of losing the war Pros: International Support, Military Gain, Economic Gain, Land Occupation Gain Many People have their own personal opinion on the Pros and Cons; its just how you see it. I am trying very hard to think of any Pros for a World War: Cons: Masses of human misery & stuff like that....

No-man's land was the territory between the trench lines of the two sides.

Some authors' have described it as being like the surface of the moon, cratered and barren. It was devoid of life and littered with the corpses of both sides and the blasted remnants of trees.

It was so alien place that it is difficult to describe, no other place has ever been like it since and hopefully, none ever will.

To get into the enemy trenches and destroy the enemy moral.

It was much easier to defend a trench because you were behing cover and camped in to your position unlike the attackers who were running across open plains and were constantly loosing men and getting shot down by machine gun fire.

so that you can pick from there and won't have to waste time driving and looking for what you need.