Living Conditions In World Ware One Trenches

In this paragraph  you'll read the living conditions in the Trenches:

The living conditions were really unpleasant. In the summer the heat would be extreme all day and night, and in winter the days were extremely cold that some soldiers that were on duty froze at their poles. The trenches were filled with stagnant water andinadequate sanitation, being immersed in flies, lice, mosquitoes and rats, and taking into account the rotting, empty food tins and a lot of dead bodies piled across the area between the trenches called no man's land- it was not surprising that disease was widespread.

the conditions were extremely dis-comferting. It was surprising how they actually survived the trenches, let alone the fireing Germans, Russians and Austrian-hungarians. Many wrote to their loved ones, letting them know about how they wish they were back at home. Although most of the time, any letters sent wuld not arrive at it's destination until weeks or even months later.



Diseases were very easily caught in the trenches. The main one was Trench foot. It was very painful and would be so bad, the only way you could treat it was to let it heal naturally. The war was that frightening that some soldiers tried their very best to get trench foot because they knew that they would be taken from the trenches and sent to the hospitals further back away from the trenches. In the hospitals you lived in better, almost clean, conditions where you recieved care and comfert.

Dangers Soliders Faced in World War One

I this paragraph you'll come to know the Dangers soliders faced in World War One:

Sometimes the trenches would collapse on top of the soldiers which would result in a dugout and them dying from suffocation. Also there were millions of rats which could actually eat them alive. Lice was another danger because it gradually sucked all their blood little by little. And finally, life in the trenches was dangerous because of the weather. The weather was very cold therefore soldiers could easily get pneumonia or any lung disease. The cold, rainy weather also filled their trenches with water. The soldiers had to stand underwater for almost the whole day, this caused Trench Foot, which was an awful disease which made their feet rot.

try researching first the rats only ate dead bodies and it would take billions of lice for someone to die of blood loss; also a dugout, a small hole in the side of a trench, was where they slept (not very often) in beds. the trench would only collapse after a lot of rain and if the supports weakened and were not replaced

Daoly Routine in the Trenches

The Daily Routine

Life in the trenches followed a daily routine when it was not interrupted by an attack or raid against the enemy or defending against the enemy when they attacked. The routine was: -

Stand To at Dawn The daily routine began with the morning ‘stand to'.  An hour before dawn those that were sleeping were woken up by the company orderly officer and sergeant. Everyone then fixed bayonets, took up their positions with the infantrymen climbing up on the fire step, and readied themselves to guard against a dawn raid by the enemy. Both sides carried out their respective ‘stand to' and despite the knowledge that each had prepared itself for raids or attacks timed at dawn, it was at this time that many of the planned attacks were carried out
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As the light grew, this daily ritual was accompanied by the ‘morning hate'. This was when both sides relieved the tension of the early hours with indiscriminate machine gun fire, shelling and small arms fire into the mist to their front, which made doubly sure of safety at dawn.

Breakfast and Weapon Cleaning Following stand to the men would have their breakfast and clean their weapons. Breakfast would be brought up in containers from the field kitchens and the weapon cleaning would be done in shifts, with only a portion of the men cleaning their weapons at any one time.

Inspection Breakfast would be followed by the daily inspection by the Platoon Officer and Sergeant. Weapons would be checked to ensure that they were clean and serviceable as would the men's clothing. Often this inspection would include a ‘foot inspection' looking for signs of ‘trench foot'.

Trench Foot was a medical condition peculiar to trench life.  It was a fungal infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and unsanitary trench conditions.  It could turn gangrenous and result in amputation. Some 20,000 casualties resulting from trench foot were reputed to have been suffered by the British Army alone by the close of 1914. As conditions improved in 1915 it rapidly faded, although a trickle of cases continued throughout the war

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Daily Chores Inspection over the Platoon Sergeant and Corporals would assign daily chores to each man. This could be the filling of sandbags, the repair of duckboards, pumping out the water that had gathered in the bottom of the trench, digging latrines, or any number of other tasks designed to maintain their section of the trench that could be carried out below the level of the trench parapet.

The Daily Boredom With the close proximity of the enemy's trench movement was restricted during the daytime to what was essential only, thus when the men were not engaged in carrying out a task of one kind or another they soon settled into the persistent round of daily boredom. With their daily chores complete, the men were free to attend to their personal tasks such as cleaning and repairing their personal equipment, reading or writing letter home and preparing their meals. When not doing these they would snatch whatever sleep they could although it was seldom more than a few minutes before they were detailed another task.

The Layout ofThe Trenches

In this picture you'll study the layout of trenches :

THE LAYOUT OF TRENCHES

Food Eaten in the Trenches 😀😀😀

In this paragraph  you will read about the food which was eaten in the trenches

British soldiers eating hot rations in the Ancre Valley during the Battle of the Somme, October 1916

Even though food was very short in Britain during World War One, families often sent parcels to their fathers and brothers fighting at the front. The parcels contained presents of chocolate, cake, tobacco and tinned food.

At the beginning of the war, soldiers got just over one pound of meat, the same amount in bread and eight ounces of vegetables each day

Maconchie's meat stew' and hard biscuits was a meal that many soldiers ate. Sadly, the meat was mostly fat. This, along with a shortage of fresh fruit and vegetables, was responsible for many soldiers to suffer from upset stomachs!

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