'The first world war was all about death, defeat, mud and misery' evidence to agree

Question 1

How many British casualties?

Answer 1

420,000

Question 2

How many French causalities?

Answer 2

200,000

Question 3

How many German casualties?

Answer 3

465,000 to 600,000

Question 4

The term ‘shell shock’ was first used in 1917, what were the 3 other names for it.

Answer 4

.War Neurosis
.Combat Stress
.PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)

Question 5

What did doctors find out about shell shock?

Answer 5

It could be suffered even if you haven’t been in the front line.

Question 6

How are shrapnel shells just as dangerous as high explosive shells?

Answer 6

Thy explode inn the air and shower metal and bullet fragments everywhere.

Question 7

What type of warfare was a major component of WW1?

Answer 7

Chemical Warfare

Question 8

Name 3 lethal gas and 1 disabling gas used in WW1.

Answer 8

Lethal:
.Phosgene
.Mustard gas
.Chlorine

Disabling:
.Tear gas

Question 9

What was field punishment no.1?

Answer 9

.The soldier stood attached full length to an object, like a post or gun wheel.
.He would be here 2 hours a day for a maximum of 21 days.

Question 10

What was trench foot?

Answer 10

Your feet swell 2 or 3 times its normal size and go completely dead, you could stick a bayonet through it and not feel a thing.

Question 11

What was trench foot caused by?

Answer 11

It was caused by the damp, cold and wet conditions of the trenches on the feet.

Question 12

How did rats grow so big?

Answer 12

The plentiful supply of food.

Question 13

What did rats do?

Answer 13

.Fought for food
.Fed on corpses
.Multiplied excedingly

Question 14

Give me 2 facts on lice in the trenches.

Answer 14

.They lived in the lining and seams of the soldiers clothes

.They were virtually impossible to get rid of

Question 15

Name some components of the standard ration.

Answer 15

.Jam
.Bully beef (corned beef)
.Tinned food

Question 16

Where did they sometimes have to eat the food?

Answer 16

The front line

Question 17

How much sleep did they get during the day, where was it?

Answer 17

1 hour on the wet and muddy fire step.

Question 18

When they were walking in the trenches how much water was their sometimes?

Answer 18

It was up to the chest sometimes.

Question 19

What type of warfare did they use that didn’t work that well?

Answer 19

Trench warfare.

Question 20

What did sdoctors originally think about shellshock?

Answer 20

It was caused by men being exposed to explosive shells.