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Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

Disasters and Diseases

http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/trenchlife.htm

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Sleeping where?

Sleeping where?

How to build them

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More ways to build from a French hand book.

More ways to build from a French hand book.

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Soldiers fought from within the trenches

Soldiers fought from within the trenches

It was usually tight quarters

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Trenches were used by both the Allies and the Central Powers

Trenches were used by both the Allies and the Central Powers

An aerial photograph of the trenches

First line of defense

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In the trenches

In the trenches

Not all trenches were deep.

Many nations fought together

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Fighting

Fighting

Sometimes an easy target

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Dangers of Trench life

Dangers of Trench life

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Trenchfoot

Trenchfoot

From having wet feet most of the time and nowhere to dry them out

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Dead bodies….

Dead bodies….

Left to rot in the trenches because of the machine gun fire that kept the soldiers in the trenches

An easy food source for rats and a place to breed disease

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Bring rats

Bring rats

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Soldiers of all nations hunted the rats– sometimes rations were short and meat was added to their diet

Soldiers of all nations hunted the rats– sometimes rations were short and meat was added to their diet

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Christmas truce

Christmas truce

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Poison Gas

Poison Gas

A new weapon, hard to combat. Different gas mask styles were created by different countries. None were 100% effective.

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Belgian Uniforms and masks

Belgian Uniforms and masks

Australian Gas mask

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Japanese gas mask

Japanese gas mask

U. S. gas mask

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Gas Training

Gas Training

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