1. Trench Warfare WORLD WAR I
Hook Video

2. Europeans Head for WAR Many Europeans were excited about war
Thought war would be over in a few weeks
Belief that because of industrial changes & modernization, war could not be conducted for more than a few months
Glorious adventure

3. The Schlieffen Plan Germans race to Western front 1st
Goals: after defeating France, concentrate on the Eastern front w/ Russia
Avoid fighting a two front war
Germany made vast encircling movement through Belgium (brought Great Britain into war) to enter France

4. The Schlieffen Plan’s Destructive Nature

5. Trench Warfare - WWI Basic Info
New weapons were used more for defense; so trenches were made for soldiers protection.
There are two sides
Middle = No Man’s Land.

6. Trench Warfare Basic Info Western Front 1914  France v. Germany

7. Trench Warfare: System
Trench Warfare in Action Video  Example of a Battle Scene (Violent)

8. TRENCH WARFARE What did it look like?
Elaborate systems of defense
barbed wire
Concrete machine gun nests
Mortar batteries
Troops lived in holes underground

9. When a soldier went ‘over the top’ across No Man’s Land to attack the enemy he had to carry all of this equipment through the mud, barbed wires and crater holes made by mines. They had to make sure that they did not get shot at the same time.
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11. SO WHAT DID THEY EAT IN THE TRENCHES?
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12. Trench Warfare: Conditions
Lice
Rats
Cramped up
Flooded trenches
Diseases – trench foot
Decaying flesh

13. Officers walking through a flooded communication trench.

14. The trenches were wet and cold. The battalion lived in mud and water
The trenches were wet and cold. The battalion lived in mud and water. Gum boots were provided for the troops in the most exposed positions. Trench foot was still a new ailment and the provision of dry socks was vitally important. Part of the trench was reserved for men to go two at a time, at least once a day, and rub each other's feet with grease.

15. Trench Warfare: Technology
Tanks: Slow and clumsy
Machine guns: Rapid fire, made advancement difficult, caused stalemates
Airplanes: used to drop bombs and for air conflict
Poison Gas: caused blindness, blisters, some caused victims to choke to death

16. Soldiers digging trenches while protected against gas attacks

17. Christmas Truce 1914
British and German troops stand together during the Christmas Truce of

18. Trench Warfare: Analysis
This was the new tactic in war.
After the war, it had left horrific scars- both physical and mental
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