Social Studies 11 WWI Unit.  Germany knew they were facing a two-front war and had to develop a plan to defeat it.  Relied on two key assumptions: 

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Social Studies 11 WWI Unit

 Germany knew they were facing a two-front war and had to develop a plan to defeat it.  Relied on two key assumptions:  1. Russia would not be able to mobilize their army quickly  2. Britain would remain neutral because they didn’t like France either  They were wrong on both counts.  With this in mind, the plan called for France to be defeated by the time Russia was ready

 Ultimately, the Germans could have captured Paris despite underestimating both the Russians and the British  They were within sight of the city but chose to turn south to capture the River Marne first  Stretched their supply lines too far and were forced after being slowed at the Marne to dig in  British and French forces countered with their own trenches and a 3 year-plus stalemate would begin

 By the end of Sept. 1914, the Western front had been established.  Canadians would fight entirely on this front

 (Video Clip by the National Film Board: “THE TRENCHES (Front Lines Vignettes)”)

 The Allied Trenches were much more hastily dug than the German ones. As such, the conditions were even worse.

ALLIED VS. GERMAN

 Work schedule: 8 days front, 4 days reserve, 4 days rest (often subject to change)  Cold, scarce rations, often wet  Also often filled with human waste  This led to conditions such as trench foot, frostbite, dysentery, lice and rat infestations  Conditions were so bad that soldiers often looked for ways to give themselves a “blighty”…which was slang for an injury that was just bad enough it would force them from combat

 No Man’s Land was the neutral territory between the two sides  It was a chaotic mess of mud-filled artillery craters, decomposing bodies and barbed wire

 You are a Canadian Soldier at the end of the war. You are meeting with your doctor tomorrow and you desperately need him to give you medication to deal with the psychological damage from the war. Write a letter to him detailing the horrific conditions as well as you possibly can. You need to convince him that you need the medication, so make it as good as possible! (If you need extra details, use p in your textbook)