CT2

Question 1

What is conscription?

Answer 1

Forcing people to join the army, rather than relying on people volunteering

Question 2

What was the western front?

Answer 2

The zone of fighting that stretched from Switzerland to the English Channel

Question 3

What is a battalion?

Answer 3

Fighting unit of up to 1,000 men

Question 4

What were allied forces?

Answer 4

British troops and those of Britain’s allies

Question 5

What was no man’s land?

Answer 5

The area between the front-line trenches of opposing sides. The land didn’t belong to anyone so it was used for fighting.

Question 6

What was communication trenches?

Answer 6

Trenches that connected the different lines of trenches and were used to transport men, equipment and food supplies.

Question 7

What was artillery

Answer 7

Large-calibre guns used in warfare on land

Question 8

What were duckboards?

Answer 8

A board consisting of a number of wooden slats joined.

Question 9

What was bombardment

Answer 9

A continuous attack with shells (shelling), intended to destroy trench defences, especially barbed wire.

Question 10

247,000

Answer 10

The regular soldiers in the british army

Question 11

January 1916

Answer 11

Parliament passed an Act that introduced conscription into the British army for the first time.

Question 12

1.1 million

Answer 12

The amount of men enlisted in the British armed force.

Question 13

Field Marshall Lord Kitchener

Answer 13

He was a senior officer in the British army. He believed the war would last a long time, and so Britain would need a big army.

Question 14

Jutland

Answer 14

The only big battle at sea. Neither side was a clear winner.

Question 15

1st July 1916

Answer 15

First day of the battle of the Somme

Question 16

15 km

Answer 16

The land that Britain gained

Question 17

Why would people join the army?

Answer 17

Persuaded-guilt
Impress women
Protect family
Pressured-external factors
Help country
Go with friends
Thought it was cool

Question 18

What was censorship

Answer 18

Removing bad things from army men letters

Question 19

What were the conditions of the trench warfare?

Answer 19

Unhygienic
Intense cold
Cramped
Muddy
Food id decent
Exhaustion
Miserable
Boredom

Question 20

What was the work in trench warfare?

Answer 20

filling sandbags
Mending trenches
sentry duty
guard duty
officer
sargents
rest
fight

Question 21

What were the dangers of trench warfare?

Answer 21

Mental illness- shell shock
Trench foot
Lice infestations
Giant rats
Musterd gas
Drowning
Snipers
Barb wire

Question 22

When did the Battle of the Somme end?

Answer 22

18 November 1916

Question 23

How many British and commonwealth soldiers were killed on the first dayof the battle of the Somme

Answer 23

20,000

Question 24

1st reason why the battle of the Somme went bad on the first day?

Answer 24

The shelling made the barbed wire worse. Which slowed down the English

Question 25

2nd reason why the battle of the Somme went bad on the first day.

line

Answer 25

The English approached the German trenched at a steady, easy pace as if to find nothing alive. They walked in a straight line. When the leading British line were within hundred yards (easy range), the rattle of machine gun fire broke out. Men could be seen throwing up their arms and collapsing, never to move again.

Question 26

3rd reason why the battle of the Somme went bad on the first day?

A WEEK BEFORE THE ATTACK

Answer 26

A week before the attack, the Allies had begun a massive bombardment, designed to destroy the German front-line trenches. The Germans knew about Allied preparations from reports by their observer aeroplanes. Their troops simply retreated to dug-outs (bunker) which were lined with concrete, and waited as the Allies shelled empty trenches. The Germans emerged unhurt and set up their machine guns when the Allies infantry attacked. This all took place at dawn

Question 27

What was Sir Douglas Haig’s plans to destroy the German defences at the Somme?

Answer 27

He plan was to use a devastating artillery bombardnent and a series of huge underground mines to destroy the German defences. At 0 hour the infertry would attack advansing under a so called creeping barard from the british guns. Haig expect his troops to meet little resistance.

Question 28

What theatres was the WW1 fought in?

Answer 28

Western and Eastern Europe
Africa and the Middle East

Question 29

Why were the trenches in a zig zag pattern?

Answer 29

Were harder to capture and harder for artillery to hit.

Question 30

What were the german trenches like?

Answer 30

Deep, well built and they protected the soldiers from artillery shells. Long-term

Question 31

Who were the many poems from the WW1 written by and about?

Answer 31

People wo fought in trenched and battlefields, expressing their feelings about the war.

Question 32

What was in the trenches?

Answer 32

Elbow rest
Ammunition shelf
Firestep
Duckboards
Sump
Dugout
Sandbags

Question 33

How deep were the english trenches?

Answer 33

2.0 m