trench structure Flashcards

1
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No mans land

A

Ground between enemy trenches.
It has craters from shells that didn’t hit the objective

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2
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Barbed wire

A

Up to 15 lines where placed in front of trenches to stop the enemy from crossing over giving time to shoot then down

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3
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Zig Zag trenches

A

Harder to capture and for artillery to hit

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4
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dug outs

A

Holes that protected soldiers in case of an attak

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5
Q

Machine gunners

A

could fire up to 600 bullets a minute, they where behind the trenches

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6
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behind the trenches

A

artillery and fired shells

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7
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Planes

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They where used to spy on the enemy to anticipate attacks

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8
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German VS British trenches

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German trenches where well built and structured while British trenches where basically holes in the ground

This is because British trenches where temporary while German trenches where permanent

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