Trenches

For about a week, there was no significant action on my part. We went through the daily ritual of stand to, followed by an order to stand down when it was clear the Germans wouldn’t attack. The conditions of the trenches are sub par, with the constant infestation of rodents. For breakfast, we are given a slice of hard bread with a cup of tea to wash it down. I often spend the rest of my day standing on the fire-steps waiting for something to happen; But of course

Life in the trenches during WWI was miserable. There seem to be no words that could truly match the horrific experience, but soldiers tried to conjure images using literature to come close to their experience. As stated in The World’s History, Europe had not warfare on such a scale since the Napoleonic wars (Spodek 664). Even watching the American Civil War from afar could not have prepared Europe and the young men that served for the devastation WWI brought. The poems described the war as a collection

World War 1: Trenches Intro: The life for the average soldier in the WW1 trenches was pretty horrible. They had to live in mud, fellow dead soldiers and lots of rats, some the size of your hand. Life of a soldier was very tough, having to see your best mate get shot and he left to rot. Any soldiers that made it out of the war would have suffered either shell shock or post-traumatic stress disorder and living with either of these would have been terrible. Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into

followed a basic routine on normal days. The day began with the stand-to in which soldiers would wake up an hour before dawn and stand on the firing step, rifles in hand, to look out for a predawn attack by the enemy (Feature Articles - Life in the Trenches). Each trench possessed a firing step, which was placed two to three feet from the trench floor to allow soldiers to peer over the trench and spot the enemy (Fire Step). Stand-to, which is short for ‘stand-for-arms,’ occurred because it was believed

Daily Life in the Trenches Outline I. Fighting • “Stand-to”: Also known as “Stand-to-Arms”, the process was observed morning and night by both sides of the war. Each man had to climb up the fire step to guard against an attack from the enemy. Stand-to can last up to an hour, after which men are ordered to stand down for breakfast. This repetitive process later became known as “the morning hate”. • Most enemy attacks happened at dawn and dusk so the soldiers had to be aware of their surroundings

2 those in WW2 proved more effective due to the standstill trench warfare brought, the ease with which trenches were defeated by tanks later in the war, and the speed and efficiency widespread mechanized warfare and blitzkrieg gave to armies in WW2. 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

The trenches in World War 1 could be muddy and smelly. There was many dead bodies buried nearby. The toilets would overflow into the trenches occasionally. Millions of rats that grew the size of cats would infest the trenches, and lice would bother the soldiers every day. The trenches were long skinny ditches that were dug into the ground by the soldiers. Soldiers lived in these trenches all day and night. And would protect the soldiers. Trench warfare reached its highest development on the western

Ww1 trenches 1915 I wanted to join the Canadian military because I had pride in Canadian army and I wanted to serve for them. In my opinion, I thought it would be an adventurous as well. I had finished my training and I am being traveled to Germany to fight. I and my fellow allies were in trench warfare. All of us had different positions,i was a machine gunner which i thought was a horrible experience. I had a horrible experience in the trenches because there isn't just one or two people in trenches

The poems ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘Suicide in the trenches’ by Siegfried Sassoon used the techniques of personal pronouns and irony to convey the poet’s feelings towards war. Formerly Owen and Sassoon all war poems had been patriotic and was used to encourage employment of young men in war. But, both Owen and Sassoon had seen the horrors of trench warfare themselves and their poetry was therefore become realistic about the unforgiving realities of war. Owen stated on his poems

World War One was one of the deadliest conflicts in human history and it is best known as being the war fought in the trenches. Living conditions in the trenches were horrible and soldiers often developed trench foot, a disease caused by standing in water for long periods of time. Consequently, soldiers treated fresh boots as a luxury and therefore went to extreme lengths to getting them. “We have lost all sense of other considerations, because they are artificial. Only the facts are real and important