During WWI, trenches were used to try to protect soldiers from poison gas, giving them more time to put on gas masks. Dysentery, cholera, typhoid fever, and trench foot were all common diseases in the trenches, especially during WWI.

You don’t want to be in a trench 6 feet deep and only 18 inches wide. Trust me on this. But, to answer your question, it would take one person with good upper body strength about 10 days to dig this volume (360 ft3; 10.2 m3) using hand tools, assuming a dig rate of one cubic meter per person per day.

It is estimated that there were about 2,490 kilometre of trench lines dug during World War I. Most trenches were between 1-2 metres wide and 3 metres deep. Trenches weren’t dug in straight lines. The WWI trenches were built as a system, in a zigzag pattern with many different levels along the lines.

around twelve feet

• Front-line Trench. This type of trench was also known as the firing-and-attack trench.
• Support Trench. This trench was several hundred yards behind the front-line trench.
• Reserve Trench. The reserve trench was several hundred yards behind the support trench.
• Communication Trench.

Approximately 10-15 percent of all soldiers who fought in the First World War died as a result. While the main cause of death in the trenches came from shelling and gunfire, diseases and infections were always present, and became a massive burden for all sides as the war progressed.

There are a small number of places where sections of trench lines can still be visited. Nevertheless, there are still remains of trenches to be found in remote parts of the battlefields such as the woods of the Argonne, Verdun and the mountains of the Vosges.

the narrow, muddy, treeless stretch of land, characterized by numerous shell holes, that separated German and Allied trenches during the First World War. Being in No Man’s Land was considered very dangerous since it offered little or no protection for soldiers.

Although trench warfare was very important throughout the war, the strategy neared an end around 1918, beginning with the Kaiser’s Battle. They were a foreshadowing of the Blitzkrieg tactics used in World War 2 and because they were used as an offensive strategy, storm troopers contributed to the end of trench warfare.

It’s because we have armored vehicles, planes, and airborne missiles. Trench warfare was really only utilized in World War 1 when neither side could gain any ground on the other and it became a matter of waiting to hit the other with an overwhelming charge which ended in mass casulties.

In some places, trenches cut across farms, roads, towns, etc. and were naturally filled in by returning inhabitants. In other places, trenches didn’t get in the way and were simply abandoned to nature. In yet others, especially major battlefields, small sections were deliberately preserved.

War had become much too modernized and “mobile’ by WWII. WWI was an industrialized war fought with 1880′s tactics. By WWII those Generals were long dead and by 1938 Hitler had launched extremely mobile and quick armor based assaults and fluid attacks, digging in for a trench war was not possible.

That started in 1939 and produced working nuclear bombs by 1945. The Germans were also working on nuclear energy. If things had degenerated into trench warfare then the war might well have cooled off with the development of Nukes by at least two major sides.

Yes, trench warfare was the rule of the day in WW2, just like it was in WW1. In WW2, offensives were often successful, which resulted in a reset of the front lines, and requiring more trenches to be built. There were more trenches dug in WW2, than in WW1.

Pillow fights, wheelbarrow races, and wrestling on mules were among entertainments arranged by officers to maintain morale among British troops in the trenches during the first world war, according to a sports day programme dated 31 October 1914 – among more than 700 digitised war diaries made available online by the …

Card games and gambling were very popular ways to pass the time, as well as sports like cricket and football. During the Christmas truce in 1914 some of the most memorable scenes were of soldiers from German and Allied sides playing football together.

How To Keep Clean And Healthy In The Trenches

1. Drink clean water. Equipment.
2. Drink clean water. Drinking water was transported to front line trenches in petrol cans.
3. Take medicine. Equipment.
4. Take medicine. In winter, soldiers in the trenches were plagued by sore throats, common colds, ‘flu and vomiting.
5. Chatting. Photographs.
6. Chatting.
7. Get a pet.
8. Get a pet.

Germany

The Battle of the Somme

Germany is to blame for starting World War I because they were the first country to declare war before any other country. So overall Germany did not only start the war but they also influenced another country that was apart of their alliance (Austria-Hungary) to fight with another country (Serbia).

That is the question that will be addressed in this essay. WWI was considered the first total war, meaning countries dedicate all of their resources to fight and win. Germany cannot be wholly blamed for causing World War One, although their actions did suggest aggressiveness and uneasiness within Europe.

Then the Germans invaded France through Belgium, requiring England to intervene in the war as well. So Austria-Hungary technically started the war, but Germany tried to finish it. For four years. That’s why Germany takes the blame for World War I.

Great Britain entered World War I on 4 August 1914 when the King declared war after the expiration of an ultimatum to Germany. The official explanation focused on protecting Belgium as a neutral country; the main reason, however, was to prevent a French defeat that would have left Germany in control of Western Europe.

20 million deaths

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They all purport to dig into the realities of WWII, from the front lines, to the POW camps, to the bunkers where strategies were conceived….The Most Accurate Movies About WWII

• Saving Private Ryan.
• Letters from Iwo Jima.
• Das Boot.
• Downfall.
• Valkyrie.
• Flags of Our Fathers.
• A Bridge Too Far.
• Cross of Iron.

World War 1 casualties

620,000

(sources and details of figures are provided in the footnotes)

Deaths by Country