Trench Warfare Life of Soldiers WW1

Fighting WW1 most of the fighting involved trench warfare

Reasons to Fight in Trenches Protection from small fire arms Difficult to invade Easy to make

The Trench: Important points Advantages: easy to make, easy to defend, cheap to build, don’t need lots of men to defend them. Disadvantages: wet, cold, hard to get in an out of without being seen by the enemy. Trenches were very dirty and unhygienic as there was no running water or flushing toilets.

Trench Foot

Trench Rats

Trench Rat Quote One soldier wrote, “The rats were huge. They were so big they would eat a wounded man if he couldn’t defend himself.”

Soldiers Reality of Fighting Boredom

U.S. NEUTRALITY Under President Woodrow Wilson, the U.S. developed an official policy of neutrality. Stay Out of The War? Join The War?

U.S. TRADE Trade was booming because the U.S. sold food, arms, and other supplies to the Allies.

U-BOATS German submarines used to blockade Great Britain.

PROPOGANDA Spreading of ideas that help a cause or hurt an opposing cause.