Death, Defeat, Mud and Misery Flashcards

1
Q

Who has the lowest casualty rates of all the armies?

A

The British Army

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2
Q

How many days max did they spend in the direct firing line?

A

2-3 days

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3
Q

How many days per month did soldiers spend in reserve?

A

4-5 days

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4
Q

How many soldiers where killed?

A

1 in 12

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5
Q

Chances were…?

A

50/50

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6
Q

How many soldiers spent time away from the front lines and what did they have easy access to?

A

60% and alcohol and cigarettes

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7
Q

What did they have most of the time?

A

Comfortable surroundings in villages with good food, hot water and clean uniforms.

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8
Q

What did good treatment lead to?

A

No large mutanies.

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9
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What happened to many recruits health wise?

A

They actually put on weight due to good food and pay.

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10
Q

What was shell shock?

A

A phycological impact-post traumatic stress.

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11
Q

What where other names for shell shock?

A

War neurosis and combat stress.

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12
Q

How many generals died?

A

Over 200 generals died.

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13
Q

Tench warfare conditions?

A

Wet through to the skin, water logged trenches.

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14
Q

How deep was the water in the trenches sometimes?

A

Up to chest deep with water.

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15
Q

What is time spend doing?

A

Fetching rations, digging, filling sand bags, building up parapets.

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16
Q

How big where the rations?

A

Pathetically sized for the amount of physical activity they took part in.

17
Q

Where were lice found?

A

In every crevice of the soldiers bodies, belonging and clothes.

18
Q

RATS?…

A

Rats eat corpses, grow huge and multiply exceedingly.

19
Q

What is trench foot?

A

“You could stab a bayonet into them and not feel a thing they’re that numb”

20
Q

What was field punishment number 1?

A

Standing against a fixed object 2 hours daily for a maximum of 21 days.

21
Q

Name some weapons employed.

A

Disabling chemicals, tear gas, lethal gas like Phosgene, chlorine and mustard gas.

22
Q

What were Shrapnel shells?

A

A peice of brutal weaponry.

23
Q

What did Shrapnel shells do?

A

They exploded in the air and showered bullets and metal fragments.

24
Q

What is an example of huge devastation in WW1?

A

The Battle of the Somme

25
Q

In the battle of the Somme, how many British Casualties?

A

420,000

26
Q

In the battle of the Somme, how many French casualties?

A

200,000

27
Q

In the battle of the Somme, how many German casualties?

A

400,000-600,000