General Dates And The Trench System

Question 1

When did the war begin

Answer 1

August 1914

Question 2

When were the first trenches built

Answer 2

August-September 1914

Question 3

When was the battle of verdun

Answer 3

Feb-Dec 1916

Question 4

What is the western front

Answer 4

A stretch of land through France and Belgium where most of the fighting took pace during WW1. It is where most of the main battles occurred

Question 5

When are the final months of the war

Answer 5

Summer-Autumn 1918

Question 6

Meaning of battalion

Answer 6

large body of troops, forming part of a brigade

Question 7

Meaning of trench

Answer 7

Long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived all day and night

Question 8

Meaning of artillery

Answer 8

Large-caliber guns used in warfare on land

Question 9

Meaning of shrapnel

Answer 9

Fragments of a bomb, shell or other object thrown out by an explosion

Question 10

Meaning of triage

Answer 10

The system of splitting the wounded into groups according to who needed the most urgent attention

Question 11

Meaning of evacuation

Answer 11

In this context, meaning the clearing of a body (dead or alive) from the battle ground to seek medical attention

Question 12

Meaning of antiseptic

Answer 12

A type of surgery that kills germs in wounds

Question 13

Meaning of aseptic

Answer 13

A type of surgery that prevents germs reaching wounds

Question 14

Meaning of blood transfusions

Answer 14

An injection of a volume of blood, previously taken from a healthy person, into a patient

Question 15

Meaning of chlorine gas

Answer 15

A biological weapon first used by the Germans at the Second Battle of Ypres

Question 16

Meaning of terrain

Answer 16

Type of ground

Question 17

Downside to shelling

Answer 17

Destroying roads etc

Question 18

What was the name of the trench that ran between other trenches

Answer 18

Communication trench

Question 19

What was behind all of the trenches

Answer 19

Artillery emplacements

Question 20

What were dugouts

Answer 20

Holes dug into the side of the trenches where men could take cover

Question 21

What was one characteristic of the trench layout

Answer 21

Zig zag pattern

Question 22

What was the trench line 80m behind the front

Answer 22

Support trench
Troops would retreat here if the frontline trench came under attack

Question 23

What was the first trench called

Answer 23

The frontline
Where attacks would be made from

Question 24

What was the trench 100m behind the support line

Answer 24

The reserve trench
Where reserve troops could be mobilised for a counter attack if the frontline trench was captured by the enemy

Question 25

Why did trenches exist

Answer 25

Antidote to modern weaponry Initially a temporary idea

Question 26

What were conditions like in the trenches

Answer 26

Disease spread easily Rat infested Lice Monotonous Poor food and water, rations Psychological toll

Question 27

What was the purpose of the zig zag layout

Answer 27

Reduce the damage caused by bombs Reduce casualties Keep as much of the trench usable as possible