USA HISTORY

This is where soldiers fought from during WW1. They ate here, slept here, and some even died here. These were dug for safty.

(A) ** Trenches

(B) No man’s Land

(C) Ditches

(D) Tunnels

Concept note-1: -Fighting occurred not only on the Western Front, but in eastern and southeast Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

Concept note-2: -World War I was a war of trenches. After the early war of movement in the late summer of 1914, artillery and machine guns forced the armies on the Western Front to dig trenches to protect themselves.

Concept note-3: -Trenches were common throughout the Western Front. Trench warfare in World War I was employed primarily on the Western Front, an area of northern France and Belgium that saw combat between German troops and Allied forces from France, Great Britain and, later, the United States.

Concept note-4: -The ‘trench ration’ was designed to feed a certain number of soldiers. It was used when the food prepared in the field kitchens could be delivered. It included corned beef, sardines, salmon, coffee, salt, sugar and even cigarettes. The ‘emergency ration’ included highly caloric aliments, such as chocolate.