Trench Life of World War I

By: Sylvia and Karolina

Hardships…Hardships…

Shell Shock

Also known as combat fatigue

80,000 men suffered Soldiers were

classified as “malingeres”

Committed suicide

Dysentery

Inflammation of large intestines

Stomach pains & diarrhea

Vomiting and high fever Soldiers could die Caused by

contaminated water

Body Lice

Left blotchy red marks Created sour and

stale smell Caused scratching Carried disease Disease didn’t kill

Trench Rats

Ate dead bodies Stole food Were later found

inside humans

The Trench The Trench System…System…

Frontline trenches

Timetable 8 days in a trench Enemy shells

Barbed Wire \ No man’s land

Protected by barbed wire

No enemy could get in

Bangalore torpedo Dead bodies Abandoned artillery

Listening Posts / Machine Gun Posts No “Surprise Attacks” Information on enemy Pill boxes

Trench Warfare / Trench Warfare / Gas…Gas…

Chlorine Gas

Ypres, Germany Big, yellow, green

cloud of smoke and pineapple / pepper smell

Killed victims within 48 hours

Mustard Gas

Most lethal Odorless Took 12 hours to take

affect Stripped off mucus

membrane 4-5 weeks to die

Bibliography John Simkin. “Trench Warfare” 3 May 2006. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWtrench.htm Realities of War: The Trenches, Weapons, and Death. |Online video clip| html. http://www.unitedstreaming.com/index.cfm Shell Shock during World war One [online image] 8 May 2006 h

ttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwone/images/ss_effectsof_shellshock.jpg

Shell Shock Patient [online image] 8 May 2006 http://www.wfa-usa.org/new/jpg/sshock5.jpg Body Lice Body Louse [online image] 8 May 2006 http://www.micropest.com/photos/body-lice-louse.jpg British casualties of a chlorine gas…[online image] 8 May 2006 http://www.civilization.ca/cwm/canvas/tre/images/cwc1046.jpg.

Bibliography Part # 2

Mustard Gas is treated during WWI [online image]

8 May 2006

http://knowmore.org/images/thumb/9/92/180px-Mustard_gas.jpg Mustard gas molecule.gif [online image]

8 May 2006 http://www.impgames.com/images/Mustard%20gas%20molecule.gif Water Points [online image]

8 May 2006 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWdystentry.htm Dead Germans in Trenches [online image]

8 May 2006 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWfrontline.htm Paths of Glory [online image]

8 May 2006 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWnoman.htm Capture of a British Block house

8 May 2006 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWposts.htm