1. Western Front
Trench Warfare

2. Animated Map: The Western Front, 1914 - 1918

3. What was Trench Warfare
Trench Warfare started to appear in late 1914 on the western front.
The Trenches ran from the Belgium to the Swiss boarder.
Trench warfare was the home for millions of soldiers during the war.

4. The Trenches
The Trenches were deep enough for a man could stand up most of the time.
The front of the Trenches were guarded by barbed wire.
If not the soldiers had to crouch.
The Trenches were set up parallel to each other one for each opposing side.
The land between the two trenches was referred to as “No mans land”.
There Were second and third defense lines one used for defense and the other for communications.

5. Construction of Trenches

10. The Trenches
First Time in the Trenches: Alliances

11. Daily Routine
Master Chef 1st World War Soldier

12. First Day in the Trenches

18. Life in the Trenches
Ladies Tights for Men

19. Effects Of Trench Warfare
Living in the Trenches was not a very sanitary.
The troops slept in hole on the side of the trenches called “Dug outs”.
Dug outs were often unstable to live in and troops slept on wood often getting splinters.
The troops also were wet almost all day everyday.
Trench Foot was the result of being in a wet environment all day everyday.

20. Death and Disease in the Trenches
Inspecting the troops and Splat the Rat

21. Trench Rats

23. Body Lice & Trench Fever

24. Trench Foot

25. "If you have never had trench foot described to you, I will explain
"If you have never had trench foot described to you, I will explain. Your feet swell to two to three times their normal size and go completely dead. You can stick a bayonet into them and not feel a thing. If you are lucky enough not to lose your feet and the swelling starts to go down, it is then that the most indescribable agony begins." (Harry Robert).

26. DEATH

35. Impact Today