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TRENCH WARFARE (DESIGN (spend 15% of time in firing line, spend 10% of…
TRENCH WARFARE
DESIGN
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zig zagged design - if enemy got into trenches, they would not easily be able to get to troops (revetment - name for pattern)
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'no mans land' - dangerous area in between German and British troops - where the soldiers would go 'over the top' to capture German trenches
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this 7ft deep ditch at the front of the system provided cover for the most exposed troops. Dug in clever 'zigzag' sections to minimise damage, only a small area would be affected if it was attacked by enemy forces or hit by a shell
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Dug 200 to 500 yards behind the main firing trench, the support trench was a valuable second line of defence
Further back, several hundred yards behind the support trench, the reserve trenches stored supplies and offered a little more comfort to troops en route to the front
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Connecting the entire network, a lattice of communication trenches enabled soldiers to travel quickly; keeping the army, its supplies, its reinforcements - and its casualties - on the move
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Thousands of 'dugouts' built into the trench walls provided protection from bad weather and enemy shell-fire
Provided immediate medical treatments to seriously injured soldiers, who were then moved back behind the lines. On the Western Front, more than 92% of the wounded men that were evacuated to British medical units survived
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CONDITIONS
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trench foot (gangrene) - flesh went black and rotted away, toes/foot would have to be amputated
7:30pm -9pm 'stand to' - would all be on firing line, as prime time for German attack
9pm-12am night working parties - go into no man's land and repair barbed wire, listen to German conversation, go into German camps