“Over the Top!”
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“Over the Top!”
Trench Warfare
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Machine Gun
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Digging into the earth in a zig zagged pattern in the trenches
prevented the enemy from seeing more than 10m down its length.
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Trench Cross-Section
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Barbed wire
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Gas Attacks
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Blind Alleys
These led nowhere and were built to confuse and slow down the enemy
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No Man’s Land
Area between opposing trenches
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British trenches
German trenches
Hindenburg Line
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What was lifelike in the trenches?
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But what was life REALLY like in the trench?
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At the age of 92, Arthur Savage was asked about his memories of life on the Western
Front.“My memories are of sheer terror and the horror of seeing men sobbing because they had trench foot that had turned gangrenous. They knew they were going to lose a leg.
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Memories of lice in your clothing driving you crazy. Filth and lack of privacy. Of huge rats that showed no fear of you as they stole your food rations. And cold deep wet mud everywhere.
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And of course, corpses. I'd never seen a dead body before I went to war. But in the trenches the dead are lying all around you. You could be talking to the fellow next to you when suddenly he'd be hit by a sniper and fall dead beside you. And there he‘d stay for days.”
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Bird’s Eye View
Zig-zagged pattern Communication“traverses”
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Your trench needs:• Front line trench• Support lines (minimum 2)• Artillery lines at back• Officer trenches at back• Machine gun stations• Barbed wire fortification• Connecting trenches throughout various lines• Dressing station