WORLD WAR 1 -TRENCH WARS Flashcards

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1
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HOW MANY KM OF TRENCHES WERE THERE

A

9600

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2
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name 8 problems that they had in the trenches

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  1. little sleep
  2. no proper chance to wash
  3. lice nits rats flies frogs
  4. disease
  5. trench foot
  6. freezing temp
  7. smell dead bodies, overflowing toilets ,rotting sand bags
  8. poisonous mustard gas
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3
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what diseases did thy get

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cholera 
dysentery
typhus
pneumonia 
bronchitis
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4
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what is trench foot

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it is a fungal infection from damp feet

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5
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what did they eat

A

bully beef
bread
biscuits
tinned Irish stew

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6
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what kinds of food where known to be a treat

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bacon
cheese
jam

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7
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what drink were thy given in summer an in winter

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summer- lime juice

winter -rum

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8
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name some daily duties that they had

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weapon cleaning
refilling sand bags
fetching supplies
emptying toilets

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9
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what us is shell shock

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a form. of mental breakdown caused by constant death , comrades bleeding in misery and noise of gun fire

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10
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what was done to the soldiers who suffered from shell shock

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they were taken to hospitals in England and they no more served as soldiers

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11
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name soem symptoms of shell shock

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1.dihorrea

2 anxeity

stomach cramps

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