WW1 - Trench warfare

Question 1

What is trench warfare

Answer 1

the term “trench warfare” is a type of combat in which opposing teams fight from trenches facing each other.
A form of static defensive warfare.

Question 2

What does no man’s land refer to

Answer 2

No man’s land = the desolate, barren and dangerous empty space between enemy’s trenches, often exposing soldiers to enemy’s fire

Question 3

Dangers of Trench warfare

Answer 3

Enemy attacks (using multiple techniques/strategies)
immersion in water = trench foot.
Trench collapsing
Often dealt with tics, lice, flies, mosquitoes.
Multitude of diseases: Cholera, typhus and dysentery (major diseases).

Question 4

Key inventions of trench warfare

Answer 4

longe range artillery.
chemical weapons.
digging of trenches.

Question 5

What weapons, machinery and strategies were most commonly used in trench warefare

Answer 5

Guns, Heavy Artillery, Gas and Tanks. Means of communication = telephones and wireless radio systems. Aircrafts = aerial warfare. Navy = submarines and underwater explosives.

Question 6

Origins of trench warfare

Answer 6

KEY feature of WW1 *although invented before hand.
Began on Western front 1914 in minor amounts, and then progressed to large scale frontline trenches by 1916.

Question 7

Why was trench warfare important

Answer 7

Although not a full proof method, trenches offered some protection whilst hindering the enemies ability to advance in their strategy, therefore prolonging the war (leading to stalemate).