Trench Warfare type of fighting during WWI in which both sides dug trenches channels protected by mines and barbed wire British trench France July 1916 This was taken during the Battle of Somme ID: 584104
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World War I / Trench WarfareSlide2Slide3
Trench Warfare:
type of fighting during WWI in which both sides dug trenches (channels) protected by mines and barbed wireSlide4Slide5
British trench, France, July 1916…. This was taken during the Battle of SommeSlide6
French soldiers firing over their own deadSlide7
No Man’s Land:
Space in between opposing trenches. Usually filled with barbed wire, dead bodies, land mines, etc…
This picture shows two opposing trenches: Germans to the bottom right and British to the top left.
Vertical line that runs through the British trenches and part of the German trenches was a pre war road.Slide8
Problems facing soldiers in trenches:
Disease
Dysentery
Trench foot
Exposure
Little protection from weather
Little protection from bullets/fighting
RatsSlide9
Officers wading through a flooded communication trenchSlide10
Trench Foot
Happens when your feet are exposed or immersed in cold water or mud for a prolonged period of time
Marked by blacking and death of surface tissueSlide11
A man suffering from trench footSlide12Slide13
Soldiers digging trenches while “protected” from gas attacksSlide14
“Gassed”
A painting by John Singer
Sargent
, 1918/1919Slide15
Poison Gas Deaths: 1914-1918
Country
Non-Fatal
Deaths
Total
British Empire
180,597
8,109
188,706
France
182,000
8,000
190,000
United States
71,345
1,462
72,807
Italy
55,373
4,627
60,000
Russia
419,340
56,000
475,340
Germany
191,000
9,000
200,000
Austria-Hungary
97,000
3,000
100,000
Others
9,000
1,000
10.000
Total
1,205,655
91,198
1,296,853Slide16Slide17
British Vickers machine gun crew on the western front of WWISlide18
Western Front:
Over 400 miles of trenches across Belgium and France
Most offenses resulted in heavy casualties but gained little territorySlide19
Germany 1,935,000
Russia 1,700,000
France 1,368,000
Austria-Hungary 1,200,000
British Empire 942,135
Ottoman Empire 725,000
Italy 680,000
Romania 300,000
United States 116,516
Bulgaria 87,495
Belgium 45,550
Serbia 45,000
Greece 23,098
Portugal 8,145
Montenegro 3,000
Japan 1,344
Military Casualties in World War I: 1914-1918 Slide20
Christmas Truce
Christmas Day 1914
Late Christmas Eve, German and British troops began serenading each other with Christmas songs and carols.
Led to a full day truce where soldiers socialized and exchanged gifts
International soccer game
The war restarted on December 26, 1914Slide21Slide22
British and German troops standing together during the Christmas Truce of 1914