https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk LIFE IN THE TRENCHES en-us 2017-02-01 12:14:21 UTC 2017-02-09 18:56:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150875907 It is estimated that there were 2,490km of trench lines dug during WW1. Most trenches were 1-2 metres wide and 3 metres deep.

]]> 2017-02-01 15:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150875907 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150877701 Many men in the trenches suffered from trench foot because of the damp conditions they were living in. ]]> 2017-02-01 16:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150877701 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150904345 The trenches were the domain of the infantry, with the supporting arms of the mortars and machine-guns and the forward positions of the artillery observers. The idea of digging into the ground to give some protection from powerful enemy artillery and small arms fire was not a new idea or unique to the Great War. 

]]> 2017-02-01 17:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150904345 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150929922 During world war 1, soilders on the front line lived day and night in long narrow trenches that were dug into the ground, it wasn't easy as the conditions were not great they didnt get very long to rest. ]]> 2017-02-01 18:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150929922 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150931265 The trenches were dug out to keep the solders safe from any gun shots that the opposite army where firing at them. The land in between both trenches was called no mans land.]]> 2017-02-01 18:11:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150931265 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150946516 The trenches could be very muddy and smelly. There were many dead bodies buried nearby and the 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.]]> 2017-02-01 18:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150946516 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150959747

Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.]]> 2017-02-01 19:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150959747 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150967770 Over 8 million soldiers died in World War 1, and another 21 million injured. A staggering 65 million soldiers were mobilized during the war.

]]> 2017-02-01 19:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/150967770 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151003673 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.]]> 2017-02-01 22:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151003673 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151057038 World War 1 trenches were dirty, smelly and riddled with disease. For soldiers life in the trenches meant living in fear. In fear of diseases (like cholera and trench foot) and of course, the constant fear of enemy attack.]]> 2017-02-02 08:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151057038 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151061817

There were several cease fires or truces in the trenches during World War I. In 1914, around Christmas time, both the British and German soldiers put down their weapons, came out of their trenches and exchanged gifts and sung carols – ceasing fire to celebrate Christmas. This is now known as the Christmas Truce.

]]> 2017-02-02 08:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151061817 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151204257 Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived all day and night. There were many lines of German trenches on one side and many lines of Allied trenches on the other. In the middle, was no man's land, so-called because it did not belong to either army. Soldiers crossed No Man's Land when they wanted to attack the other side.

]]> 2017-02-02 16:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151204257 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151215805  ]]> 2017-02-02 17:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151215805 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151219426 An explosion on the battlefield in France was heard in London which was 140 miles away]]> 2017-02-02 17:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151219426 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151249136 July 5th Wilhelm II of Germany promised Austria/Hungary support if they took action against Serbia]]> 2017-02-02 18:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151249136 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151251341 A typical trench system consisted of three main fire or support trenches, connected by communication trenches and with various posts, stron]]> 2017-02-02 18:39:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151251341 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151273240 The youngest soldier to fight in WW1 was only 12 years old, and was called Sidney Lewis. He lied about his age, and ended up fighting alongside older soldiers on the front line.]]> 2017-02-02 19:36:06 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151273240 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151289788 There were all sorts of pests living in the trenches including rats, lice, and frogs. The rats were everywhere and got into the soldiers' food and ate just about everything, including sleeping soldiers. The lice were also a major problem. They made the soldiers' itch horribly and caused a disease called Trench Fever. ]]> 2017-02-02 20:24:57 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151289788 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151303107 During the world war 1 the men had to stand in muddy awful trenches for days and months on the end collecting diseases and from being in the water for so long they would start to notice that their feet had started to rot.

]]> 2017-02-02 21:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151303107 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151304455 2017-02-02 21:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151304455 nferson660 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151315407 Trenches weren't dug in straight lines, but Were instead dug in zigzag patterns ]]> 2017-02-02 22:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151315407 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151362438 Ottoman soldiers in a trench during World War I. Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches]]> 2017-02-03 08:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151362438 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151365888 A handful of journalists risked their lives to report on the realities of war. As the government sought to control he flow of information from the frontline to the start of the war, journalists were banned. Reporting on the conflict was , in opinion if the war office , helping be enemy. If caught they faced a death penalty]]> 2017-02-03 08:24:42 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151365888 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151370220 Many men in the trenches died because of the poor conditions that they where living in ]]> 2017-02-03 08:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/151370220 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/152178196 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. ]]> 2017-02-07 15:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/152178196 holliemcp12 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/152230788 The trenches were often flooded and they were very unhygienic as there was no clean water, there was lots of rats witch ate the dead bodies in no mans land, there was alot  of lice also and it created trench fever.]]> 2017-02-07 17:47:32 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/152230788 https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/152883737 World War 1 trenches were dirty, smelly and riddled with disease. For soldiers life in the trenches eant living in fear. In fear of diseases (like cholera and trenchfoot) and of course, the constant fear of enemy attack.]]> 2017-02-09 18:56:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rwhite248/rwqfmzy1c3sk/wish/152883737