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World War 1 - Fact file - Coggle Diagram
World War 1 - Fact file
Western Front
The Western Front was a 400 mile stretch of land weaving through France and Belgium from the Swiss border to the North Sea and it was the decisive front during the First World War.
Whichever side won there, they would be able to claim victory for their respective alliance.
Trenches
Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived.
They were very muddy, uncomfortable and the toilets overflowed.
These conditions caused some soldiers to develop medical problems such as trench foot.
Soldiers
Day in the life of a soldier
5am 'Stand-to' (short for 'Stand-to-Arms', meaning to be on high-alert for enemy attack) half an hour before daylight
5.30am Rum ration
6am Stand-down half an hour after daylight
7am Breakfast (usually bacon and tea)
After 8am Clean selves and weapons, tidy trench
Noon Dinner
After dinner Sleep and downtime
5pm Tea
6pm Stand-to half an hour before dusk
6.30pm Stand-down half an hour after dusk
6.30pm onwards Work all night with some time for rest (patrols, digging trenches, putting up barbed wire, getting stores)
Alliance
Alliances are a union formed for mutual benefit, especially between countries.
Allies for Britian during WW1: France, Britian, Russia, Italy, Japan, United States and many more
Technology
Heavy artillery, machine guns, tanks, motorized transport vehicles, high explosives, chemical weapons, airplanes, field radios and telephones, aerial reconnaissance cameras, and rapidly advancing medical technology.