Trenches Flashcards
What were reserve trenches like?
Wider than front line trenches, more spacious, messy with lots of stuff on the ground.
What were the front lines like?
- Narrow, tight, you would get very little sleep
- Millions of men + horses, life.
- hot,dusty and smelly
What were trenches like?
- Intricate and later evolved to have tanks and machine guns.
- rain? Flood=trench foot
- Separated by nomans land
- Protection from snipers, artillery attacks etc
- Barnes wire in front
What would artillery attacks means?
Huge cannons firing shells of explosives
What happens by 1914 November?
Deadlock.
- The BEF had major Casual. And the FRENCH had APPROX 1 MILLION dead/wounded within 10 WEEKS.
- Lots of troops were dug into trenches that stretched sea=> alps
Trenches provided the best ..
Protection from mines,shell fires and snipers
What did the INFANTRY do?
They’d have to follow cavalry and take charge of the captured positions
Infantry=??
Cavalry=??
Infantry= foot
Cavalry=horse
What was the cavalry charge replaced by?
“Infantry charge”. This became the main tactic
Describe the stages of an ATTACK?
1)Artillery bombards enemy’s Front Line. BARRAGE.
2) B stops=> over the top. Race against defen. WHO CAN SET MACHINE GUNS FASTER?
3)Defenders norm. Have pro= sweep em with MG fire or crossF.
4) Go through? HOLD THEM.
Generally imposs coz forced back.
What did the infantry need to do? EXPLAIN
- Dig new trenches, repair old, bring supplies and equipm to comm trenches.
- Patrol nomans land , raid enemy trenches, capture prisoners
Some soldiers In the front line would have secret listening posts.. They would dig under the enemy , place mines and were called..
They were usually ..
1) Near enemy trenches.
2) Sappers.
3) Ex miners
Where were the infantry?
The front lines
The inanity attack was their only attacking strategy. What did the generals think?
If done loads, would wear down enem.
As the war contin. new protecc. gave :
- Steel helmets
- New camo techni.
- Aryillery+infantry attacks better synch.
- Gas masks
