Trench warfare defined combat after the initial Schlieffen Plan failed in World War 1. Life in the trenches was horrific, with soldiers facing enemy artillery, gas attacks, and hazardous conditions like trench foot and rats. Trenches provided some protection from attacks but living in the trenches was miserable and dangerous.

2. American Cultures II Bell
ringer
 Question: What type of warfare existed after
the Schlieffen Plan ground to a halt?
 Answer: trench warfare

3. The horror of World War I will help
lead to World War II.
Life in the Trenches:
The Good, the Bad and
the just plain Nasty

4. This is what attacking troops faced when
going up against trenches.
Other problems faced by troops:

5. Defensive Trench System
Airplanes gave
defenders a heads
up and hand
dropped bombs.

6. Defensive Trench System
Craters in “No
Man’s Land” fill
with water and
hinder attackers.

7. Defensive Trench System
Heavy artillery fires
high explosives or
poison gas miles
towards No Man’s
Land.

8. Defensive Trench System
Front line trenches
provide cover from
attacking fire.

9. Even while sleeping some had to
be vigilant ready for attack.

10. No man’s land was like setting
foot on a different planet.

11. Comradeship was the only thing
that kept men sane.

13. It is a war of ditches and trenches.
12,000 Miles of Trenches from 1914-1918

15. No man’s land between the trenches
was a place of horror and death.

16. Peeking over the trench is not a
good idea. Keep your head down.

17. Again peeking is not a good idea.

18. War is always a great place for
rats.
A single pair of rats could produced up to 880 offspring in a year.

19. If you didn’t care for the company of rats
their were many other silent companions.

20. This is trench foot. It occurs when you
can’t keep your feet warm and dry.

21. Despite this, troops will be bandaged up
and sent back to the front.

22. World War I is the first war to see
chemical weapons used.

23. Respiratory Agents: Chlorine and phosgene gases
were severe. Within seconds of inhaling it destroyed
the victim's respiratory organs, bringing on choking
attacks.
Blistering Agents: Mustard Gas…burned and
blistered and rotted flesh.
There are two types of Chemical
Warfare

24. Upon hearing the siren, you had only
seconds to get your mask on.

25. Chlorine gas attacks the eyes.

26. Mustard gas blisters the skin

27. The horror of World War I will help
lead to World War II.
Life in the Trenches:
The Good, the Bad and
the just plain Nasty