Trench Warefare

Question 1

No mans land

Answer 1

The stretch of land between the 2 opposing front-line trenches

Question 2

Dugout

Answer 2

Provided protection but not against a direct hit from an artillery shell

Question 3

Why were trenches built in zig zag?

Answer 3

To minimize the effect of shell fire and to prevent the enemy firing down the length of the trench

Question 4

Aircraft

Answer 4

Used to warn of the build-up of enemy troops before an attack

Question 5

Drainage sump

Answer 5

To drain out water from the trenches

Question 6

Duckboard

Answer 6

As a path over the muddy grounds , it was elevated

Question 7

Trench foot

Answer 7

Painful condition of the feet caused by long time immersion in cold water or mud and marked by blackening and death of surface tissue

Question 8

Death in trenches

Answer 8

Many men were buried from large shell bursts. Sniper bullets killed men on their first day. Disease killed many.

Question 9

Likely problems for soldiers living in trenches

Answer 9

Rats, lice, trench foot, fevers, flooding, disease

Question 10

Food

Answer 10

Bread, bully beef, hard biscuits

Question 11

Water

Answer 11

Carried in empty gas cans, tasted of gasoline. Sometimes water form muddy holes was only available