Western Front-Quiz Flashcards
Between what years was WW1?
1914-1918
Who was fighting on the Western Front between?
The allies-Germany, France and Britain
What word means that neither side are winning or moving in the war?
Stalemate
What word means to wear down the enemy?
Attrition
How many days (out of 32) would a soldier spend in the front line trench?
8
Which trench would men spend 16 days recovering in?
Reserve trenches
Where were the artillery guns?
In the reserve trenches.
How many men died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme?
20,000
How many bullets a minute could a machine gun fire?
500
What % of injuries on the front line were caused by shelling?
50%
Which gas was 18 times more powerful than chlorine gas?
Phosgene
What is gangrene?
An infection where skin turns green.
What spread trench fever?
Lice
What did men change regularly to prevent trench foot?
Socks and shoes
How many soldiers got frostbite in 1917?
21,000
By 1919 how many cases of shell shock has there been?
80,000
Who went on to the battle field to retrieve injured soldiers?
Stretcher bearers
Where was the Regimental Aid Post?
In the trench
How far away from the front line were the ambulances?
1/4 of a mile away
What word means to group patients ased on the seriousness of their injury?
Triage
How many doctors worked in a casualty clearing station?
7
What is Blighty a nickname for?
Britain
How many men were in the RAMC by 1918?
113,000
How many nurses in total were there by 1918?
25,000
Name one disease that soldiers were vaccinated against?
Typhus and Tetanus
Who pioneered plastic surgery in the Queen’s hospital in Kent?
Harold Gillies
What was the surname of the man who invented a new splint?
Thomas
What did Karl Landsteiner discover in 1900?
4 blood groups
Who developed a portable x-ray machine?
Marie Curie
