PPT-The Western Front and Life in the Trenches

What was the Western Front The Western Front The two main fronts On your coloured and labeled map of the alliances in your workbook mark the Western front and the Eastern front Schlieffen Plan. L/O – To identify the main changes in warfare brought about by the First World War. The Race to the Sea. The Battle of the Marne was a . turning point. . The Schlieffen Plan had failed. Germany was now caught up in a war on . Development of Imperial Munitions Board (IMB), which would be the largest business in Canada by 1917. . 600 factories, 150,000 workers, all producing materials for the war effort.. Exports in Canada quadrupled by 1919. . By: Alexis Angelakis. Construction of trenches. Building a trench . took about six . hours for 450 men to . build 250 . meters of . that trench. . After . this, . barbed wire, board walks, and sand . the Trenches?. Construction and Design of Trenches. Early . trenches were little more than . foxholes.  or ditches, intended to provide a measure of protection during short battles. .. As the stalemate continued, however, it became obvious that a more elaborate system was needed. The first major trench lines were completed in November 1914. By the end of that year, they stretched 475 miles, starting at the North Sea, running through Belgium and northern France, and ending in the Swiss frontier.. The region to the west of Germany where the Germans were fighting against the French. British and Canadian forces (Belgium, France, etc.). Horrors on the Western Front. Rows of deep trenches were dug . 1914-1918.. LIFE AND DEATH . IN THE TRENCHES.. “Living and fighting in the trenches was a terrible and terrifying experience for all the soldiers involved” . What . evidence is there. for and against this statement?. DIRECTIONS. :. Keep/put chairs on the desks (barbed wire).. Line up the front of your trench with backpacks and jackets. .. Take a pen or pencil with you into the trench and . sit on the carpet . (not in “no man’s land”).. TRENCH WARFARE in WORLD WAR I. Introduction to Trench Warfare. Trench warfare was a major feature of World War I. Because the combination of machine guns and heavy artillery made life above ground too dangerous, the opposing armies dug a series of trenches from which to defend themselves and to launch attacks. The trenches outline only some of the deplorable conditions the troops were forced to endure. There were other dangers in the trenches as well as disease, starvation and boredom. . Following the outbreak of . World War I. in 1914, the . German Army. opened the . Western Front. by first invading . Luxembourg. and . Belgium. , then gaining military control of important industrial regions in . A “War of . . Attrition. ”. THE INITIAL GERMAN ADVANCE. Germany’s advance halted at the Battle of the Marne. . “Race to the Sea”. Four Years of Stalemate on the western Front.. A Multi-Front War. Lesson objectives. All will be able to . describe what life was like in the trenches and begin to use sources to prove ideas. M. ost will be able to . explain what life was like and be able to analyse primary and secondary sources . When Canadian soldiers left for Europe and the war in the fall of 1914, most were expecting adventure, heroism, and excitement. What they encountered upon their arrival was much different, and far from glamorous. Soldiers were living in trenches- long, narrow ditches, dug by hand, that they would live in day and night. The trenches would often fill with water from the rai, and muddy puddles would fill the bottoms of the trenches, causing trench foot when soldiers would stand in the water for long periods of time. It was certainly a difficult way of life while fighting day in and day out.. I. Stalemate on the Western Front. Failures of the . Schlieffen. Plan. Russia mobilized more quickly than expected. British joined French forces. Germany defeated in 1. st. Battle of the Marne. Both sides dug trenches to protect troops. Moran. SWBAT:. . analyze different dangers of living in the trenches during WWI by answering questions based on notes, pictures, video clips, and readings from the textbook.. Trenches. Trenches were deep and narrow areas of dug out ground, often stretching for miles that troops used to fight in and defend from the .