1. Trench Warfare

2. Objectives: Students will... 92. Define trench warfare.
93. Define no-man’s-land.
94. Describe the poor conditions soldiers faced in trench warfare.

4. Objective 92: Define trench warfare.
Caused by Germany’s Schlieffen Plan
New style of fighting by positioning soldiers in deep ditches for protection

5. Objective 92: Define trench warfare.
Rather than being a quick conflict, Allied and Centrals Powers “dug in” for trench warfare for most of the war, causing slow and painful results

7. 93. Define no-man’s-land.
Trenches separated by no-man’s land – land between trenches filled with landmines, and barbed wire

8. Layout of Trenches

11. 94. Describe the poor conditions soldiers faced in trench warfare.
• No shelter from weather
• Boredom
• Dangerous to go “over the top” to attack the enemy
• Grenades and other explosives could be hurled or launched into your trench
• Disease/poor sanitation
• Lice
• Rats
• Trench foot
• Difficult to get in/out

12. Body Lice

13. Trench Rats

14. Trench Foot

17. Any questions?