How they worked
What type of gun was mainly used in the trenches?
A machine gun.
What did it mainly protect from?
Machine guns
What are the 2 most common diseases?
Trench Foot and Trench Fever.
What would they do at 5am ?
Be on high alert until daytime.
How did the troops line up?
Side to Side.
What did they think the trenches protected them from? (Other than guns)
Poison gas.
Why did troops get Trench Foot?
They would stand in water for long periods of time.
They would eat breakfast.
When did the troops dig?
At night.
What did they make more useful/common?
Bayonets.
How many troops were affected by Trench Fever?
520,000.
What would they do at noon?
Where did they toss the dirt when they were digging?
To the front.
What kind of cover did it give?
Contiguous (shares a common border).
How many troops were believed to get Trench Foot?
74,000.
What would they do after dinner?
Why did they connect the individual trenches?
To make it easier to shoot.
What did it give them more time to do?
Put on gas masks.
What's another name for Trench Fever?
Pyrexia.
What would they do at 5pm?
Wake up and be awake for the rest of the night.