What Was It Like To Fight In The First World War? by https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2 en-us 2016-06-17 08:16:33 UTC 2016-06-17 08:46:38 UTC hello@padlet.com Life In The Trenches! jackwilko2002 https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114894995 2016-06-17 08:19:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114894995 Dirty Trenches ಠ_ಠ jackwilko2002 https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114895461 The trenches could be very muddy and smelly. There were many dead bodies buried nearby and the latrines (toilets) sometimes overflowed into the trenches. Millions of rats infested the trenches and some grew as big as cats. There was also a big problem with lice that tormented the soldiers on a daily basis.]]> 2016-06-17 08:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114895461 Rest zzZ jackwilko2002 https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114895808 Soldiers in the trenches did not get much sleep. When they did, it was in the afternoon during daylight and at night only for an hour at a time. They were woken up at different times, either to complete one of their daily chores or to fight. During rest time, they wrote letters and sometimes played card games.]]> 2016-06-17 08:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114895808 Interactive Tren jackwilko2002 https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114895927 2016-06-17 08:31:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114895927 Letters jackwilko2002 https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114896037 Soldiers serving on the front line were very far from home. They did not see their families and friends for months on end.
Writing and receiving letters became a lifeline for many soldiers. They looked forward to hearing news from their loved ones at home whilst they served their country on the front line. Many soldiers also kept diaries and journals which helped them to record their experiences and feelings about war.
]]> 2016-06-17 08:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114896037 Dirty Work jackwilko2002 https://padlet.com/jackwilko2002/gl9luvyxcfm2/wish/114896898 Soldiers found themselves working in dirty and unpleasant conditions, especially when the weather was bad.
Daily duties included cleaning their weapons for inspection, refilling sandbags, fixing barbed wire and repairing collapsed trench walls after bad weather.
Emptying the latrines (trench toilets) was a very smelly and dirty job and everyone tried to avoid getting that duty. In the wintertime, trenches were freezing cold and often flooded with water after rainfall.
'Trench foot' was a condition that many soldiers suffered from as a result of standing in water and mud for a long time. In serious cases, soldiers had to have their feet amputated (cut off).

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