Life in the Trenches
von Zoe Smith
1. poor sanitation
1.1. little to no ways of cleaning wounds
1.2. unable to take baths or showers in front line
2. little cleaning
2.1. used metal hats as basins
2.2. trenches were left dirty with bodies everywhere
3. many deseases
3.1. trench foot
3.2. influenza
3.3. typhoid
3.4. trench foot
3.5. trench fever
3.6. malaria
4. little meat
4.1. rationed meat 6 ounces of beef bully
4.2. often put into stews and kept for days
5. little fresh vegetables
6. many hard biscuits
6.1. egg biscuits
6.2. bully beef biscuits
6.3. Ad Lib biscuits
6.4. Dried Ground Turnip Bread biscuits
6.5. ANZAC biscuits
7. tactics
7.1. The Schlieffen Plan
7.2. Plan 17
7.3. Patrols & Raids
7.4. infantry Tactics
7.5. Attacks & Offensives
8. weapons
8.1. Rifles
8.2. Machine guns
8.3. Flamethrowers
8.4. Mortars
8.5. Artillery
9. not much shelter
9.1. wood at top of trench
9.2. dirt wall
9.3. not much uniform protection
10. sleep in side of trench
11. out in the open
11.1. because of no trenches to hide in
11.2. flat ground nothing to hide behind
12. rushed
12.1. to avoid being shot straight away
12.2. causes lack of detail and strategic planning
13. risking life
13.1. because no gaurd
13.2. no protection
14. dangerous
14.1. out in the open
14.2. no clue what war was even like yet
15. bad smells
15.1. due to lack of washing
15.2. dead bodies
16. disease
17. lack of sleep
17.1. constant noise
17.2. defending land
17.3. worrying about loved ones
18. thirst, forget to drink
19. cramped in together
20. bad food nutrition
21. daily death
21.1. deseases
21.2. gun fire
21.3. self harm
21.4. bombardments
22. unsainitary
22.1. lack of washing
22.2. dead bodies lying around
22.3. muddy dirty floor causing trench foot
23. noise
23.1. bombs
23.2. artillery
23.3. guns
23.4. screams, people dieing