World War I(1914-1918)

Leadership, fronts, conditions

Leadership during WWI

Kaiser Wilhelm II

GERMANY

Georges Clemenceau

FRANCE

Woodrow Wilson

U.S

Victor Emmanuel

ITALY

David Lloyd George

UNITED KINGDOM

Emperor Franz Joseph

AUSTRIAN-HUNGARIAN

EMPIRE

Czar Nicholas II

Russia

African Americans & Colonized Groups Fight

Trenches in Modern-day France

Trench Images

Eastern and Western Fronts

Trenches on the Western Front: World War I

Much deeper than the British trenches, the German trench system offered amenities such as barber shops and officer clubs.

No-Man’s LandWar Horse version

Trench Foot

Many soldiers fighting in the First World War suffered from trench foot. This was an infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and unsanitary conditions. In the trenches men stood for hours on end in waterlogged trenches without being able to remove wet socks or boots. The feet would gradually go numb and the skin would turn red or blue. If untreated, trench foot could turn gangrenous and result in amputation. Trench foot was a particular problem in the early stages of the war. For example, during the winter of 1914-15 over 20,000 men in the British Army were treated for trench foot.

Poison Gas

Trench Warfare Reading

1.Read through the Trench Warfare packet with your partner

2.Answer the reading response questions on the piece of paper given to you

3.Write in complete sentences!

Choose 3 Reading Response Questions

1. Explain if morning or evening stand-to was more difficult for the soldiers.

2. Explain the living conditions in the trenches.3. What might the psychological impact of the

conditions be on the soldiers?4. How was fighting on the Western Front different

than other fronts?5. Explain the trench system (look at diagram). What

would be the biggest struggle for the attacking troops?

6. Choose one quotation that struck you the most and explain why.