Trench Warfare by Clara Planner https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj By: Clara Planner Block: 2A en-us 2018-02-13 16:46:59 UTC 2018-02-13 21:21:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Trench Warfare 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231139516 2018-02-13 16:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231139516 A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231141223 2018-02-13 16:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231141223 Trench warfare was a result of the enormous destructive power of newly improved machine guns and higher-powered artillery 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231141848 2018-02-13 16:51:39 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231141848 It was not practical to send troops out into an open field. 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231142026 2018-02-13 16:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231142026 The new weaponry would slaughter kill troops very quickly. Trenches allowed troops to be under shelter and limited fighting 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231142566 2018-02-13 16:52:46 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231142566 It was a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231144232 2018-02-13 16:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231144232 Fighting in trenches, with horrible living conditions, little gains. 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231146217 2018-02-13 16:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231146217 Used by many countries during WW1. Britain and France began Trench Warfare, and would continue to use it frequently 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231147539 2018-02-13 17:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231147539 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231149996 2018-02-13 17:04:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231149996 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231150382 2018-02-13 17:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231150382 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231150491 2018-02-13 17:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231150491 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231150658 2018-02-13 17:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231150658 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231152900 2018-02-13 17:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231152900 During World War 1, the western front in France was fought using trench warfare. At the end of 1914, both sides had built a series of trenches that went from the North Sea and though Belgium and France 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231298620 2018-02-13 21:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231298620 As a result from the trenches both sides did not gain much ground for three and a half years from October 1914 to March of 1918 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231299180 2018-02-13 21:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231299180 The trenches were dug by soldiers. Sometimes the soldiers dug the trenches straight into the ground. This method was called entrenching. It was dangerous when these types of trenches were being dug. 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231299861 2018-02-13 21:17:05 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231299861 The most secret way to build a trench was to make a tunnel and then remove the roof when the tunnel was complete. 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231300435 2018-02-13 21:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231300435 The land between the two enemy trench lines was called "No Man's Land" and it was sometimes covered with barbed wire and land mines. 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231300546 2018-02-13 21:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231300546 The enemy trenches were generally around 50 to 250 yards apart 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231300684 2018-02-13 21:19:49 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231300684 The typical trench was dug around 12 feet deep into the ground. There was often an embankment at the top of the trench and barbed wire fen 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231300842 2018-02-13 21:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231300842 The bottom of the trench was usually covered with wooden boards called duckboards. 20plancl https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231301087 2018-02-13 21:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/20plancl/vdeae8b794hj/wish/231301087