Tunneling In The Trenches

In throughout WW1, trenches were used quite liberally along the front lines. As a strategy to prevent advancement of the enemy’s front lines trenches proved effective, however due to its widespread use by both sides it prevented nearly any progression in the war for periods of time. The stagnation it caused is a major reason why widespread use of the tactic was ineffectual. Dues to the long periods troops stayed in trenches, which were quite unsanitary and muddy soldiers often contracted infectious diseases or gangrene, pushing this tactic further into the reaches of inferior due to the harm it could cause one’s own troops.

World War 1 was a very different war as “old fashioned” ways of fighting war were not working anymore so they had to invent many new technologies such as the machine gun, and the poison gasses. According to source 6 “the machine gun was devastatingly effective against the enemy charging towards them” they could shoot 8 or more bullets per second and thwart any attempt of “going over the top”. It is considered to be the deadliest gun weapon used in World War 1 so much that it is believed to have caused 40% of deaths in trench warfare. Another new invention was the poison gasses, and with them came gas masks so the people releasing the gas wouldn't be affected. Source 6 shows the poison gas was mainly used to kill people in a certain area of the enemy trenches as it was like a grenade, but

The trenches were usually 12 ft deep. They had to deal with diseases, gases, fires, and weapons. They entertained themselves by playing football. Trench Warfare led to stalemate in WWI by new weapons and old military tactics did not go hand in hand, most of the generals still relied on the charge to break the enemy. but with advanced weapons like machine guns charging became highly ineffective as men would be killed so

Combat during World War 1 was a strange mix of brutal combat and boredom. WWI is mostly known for its trench warfare. Soldiers would dig trenches in the ground and fight from there. Trench warfare was extremely boring, and sometimes, the soldiers would act like they aren’t fighting a war at all. The movie, Gallipoli, showed men skinny dipping on a beach with the fighting taking place nearby. The movie showed men hanging out in the trenches, and some of them were even sleeping in small holes in the trenches. The area between opposing trenches was known as no-man’s land. Traversing this landscape was extremely dangerous and fatal. There was no cover, and the area was a kill zone with all the machine guns and enemy troops in the opposing trenches.

World War I was a long, hard war that resulted in a catastrophic death toll with no real change in the world as to what it was before the war, because of this many people refer to it as an “unnecessary war”. Without World War I most people, believe that the world would have been generally the same as to what it had always been and so the loss of millions of lives had essentially been for nothing. World War I or the Great War, as it used to be referred to as, seemed to have been caused because of imperialism, nationalism, and militarism. Some of the major countries were fighting to be the best, they wanted the most advanced and proficient army and they wanted to expand their country and take over more territories and because of this major tensions

During world war one, there had been many strategies that have been used during the war, one of them being Trench warfare. Trench warfare has been an important strategy that soldiers used to protect themselves and their comrades.

Trenches were the front line of the war, the trenches were the most dangerous place for any soldier. There were only a small proportion of soldiers in trenches. Trenches were first introduced in 1914 when the 1st World War began so soldiers had more protection from projectiles. The trenches were made up of training establishments, workshops, army headquarters and anything else which was needed during the war.

During WW1 millions of soldiers died in the trenches from disease and combat. Trench warfare first originated in the Belgian coast. The trenches were dug out in a zig-zag pattern because if an enemy made it to the trench and shot the soldiers inside they could only shoot a certain distance

Trench Warfare is a type of fighting were both sides build deep trenches as defense against the enemy of the whatever side they are going against. It was definitely most commonly used during world war 1 one when all of the battles happened, there are many horrors to trench warfare because it was a great topic during this war and through it many soldiers experienced trench warfare.

In War, Neither side would give in to what the other side wanted, and would not give up any of their land. Since no one would give up any land, each country tried to win by fighting for smaller pieces.

World War I, also known as the First World War, or the Great War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. Over 9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died as a result of the war, a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents ' technological and industrial sophistication, and the tactical stalemate caused by trench warfare, a grueling form of warfare in which the defender held the advantage. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, and paved the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved.

First I want to give a brief introduction of the war. World War I (WWI), which also known as the Great War and the First War, was happened since 28 July 1914, and ended on 11 November 1918. As one of the most destructive war in European history, many countries from different continents joined the war. They composed two opposing sides, the Allies (British, France and Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany, Italy and Austrian). Later American, Japan and some other countries joined, and most of them against the Central Powers (and later Italy also joined the allies). The war lasted for 4 years, and about “9 million combatants and 7 million civilians died” during that period. From this huge number we can see how cruel the war is. (1)

The First World War left massive destructions in the world since many people lost their lives and even property. These massive destructions were as partly as a result of the introduction of new war weapons, for example, machine guns and gas warfare. This war was majorly between Germany and the Allied power but Germany was blamed for the destructions that came about because they are said to have initiated the war (Kissinger, 2014). These destructions made people have a lot of fear towards any kind of war and nobody wished for any war to start again because people feared losing lives and property once again. It is said that hundreds of thousands of soldiers from the Western Front particularly lost their lives in this war.

World war 1 was a devastating war it led to a lot of unnecessary death between all parties involved. After world war I they tried to prevent it from ever happening again. World war I was a war that was caused by many things the three main causes though are militarism, nationalism, and the alliances.without the alliances the war wouldn't have escalated to what it did and not as many people would have died. Without militarism the war wouldn’t have been so enthused by everyone. If nationalism wasn't there then not so many

World War I was a horrible event leading to the deaths of many soldiers sacrificing their lives in order to conquer and defend their territory in the most awful conditions in trenches. These events lead up shaping our world as we know it today.