Image Source - TRENCH WARFARE Life in the Trenches, 1914-1919
Instructions
Background
World War I was a war of trenches.
After the early war of movement in the late summer of 1914, artillery and machine guns forced the armies on the Western Front to dig trenches to protect themselves. Fighting ground to a stalemate. Over the next four years, both sides would launch attacks against the enemy’s trench lines, attacks that resulted in horrific casualties.
(From The National WWI Museum and Memorial)
- Read the Background
- Observe the images below about the construction of the trenches and where those trenches were built
- Complete - World War I - 5 Readings from the Trenches in your notes
Background
World War I was a war of trenches.
After the early war of movement in the late summer of 1914, artillery and machine guns forced the armies on the Western Front to dig trenches to protect themselves. Fighting ground to a stalemate. Over the next four years, both sides would launch attacks against the enemy’s trench lines, attacks that resulted in horrific casualties.
(From The National WWI Museum and Memorial)
