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Stalemate in the Trenches
World War I
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WWI Becomes a Stalemate
People expected World War I to be over within a few months. However, the war became a ______stalemate____ ________- a situation in which neither side wins or loses.
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Trench Warfare The soldiers were fighting a new type of battle, _____trench warfare________________. Soldiers on both sides dug trenches, or ditches, in the ground. Soldiers took cover in these trenches that were 6 to 8 feet wide and about 5 feet deep. Hundreds of miles of trenches stretched along the Western Front
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Conditions of Trenches
A major aspect of trench warfare is spending most of one’s time sitting and waiting in the trenches. Soldiers had to cope with living in rat_-infested and muddy trenches. * This caused trench foot.
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“No Man’s Land” Between the trenches of the two sides, there was an empty area known as “___No Man’s Land___.” In order to attack, soldiers crawled out of the trenches and tried to cross over no man’s land to other side.
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When soldiers left their trenches to attack enemy lines, they rushed into a hail of __machine guns_ and clouds of poison gas.
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When battles did take place, they cost many lives, often without gaining much land_ for either side.
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Case Study: Battle of Somme
When: July-November 1916 Casualties: 1.2 million British losses: 400,000 German losses: 600,000 French losses: 200,000 Land gained: 10__ miles (Allies)
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How did trench warfare differ from earlier forms of warfare?
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