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Trench Warfare “Over the Top!”

Machine Gun

Digging into the earth in a zig zagged pattern in the trenches prevented the enemy from seeing more than 10m down its length.

Trench Cross-Section

Barbed wire

Gas Attacks

These led nowhere and were built to confuse and slow down the enemy Blind Alleys These led nowhere and were built to confuse and slow down the enemy

Area between opposing trenches No Man’s Land Area between opposing trenches

British trenches Hindenburg Line German trenches

What was life like in the trenches?

But what was life REALLY like in the trench?

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.

Memories of lice in your clothing driving you crazy 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.

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.”

Bird’s Eye View Zig-zagged pattern Communication “traverses”

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