WW1 Environment

Question 1

wars before WW1

Answer 1

• lots of movement

- cavalry

Question 2

environment

Answer 2

• stalemate
• war of attrition
• No Man’s Land
• trench warfare
• new medical demands

Question 3

trenches

Answer 3

• Front Line 8 days
• Support Trench 8 days
• Reserve Trench 16 days
• dug outs
• sand bags at head height
• wet and muddy

Question 4

dangers

Answer 4

• gas attacks: mustard, phosphorus, chlorine
• mass killings from machine guns
• No Man’s Land

Question 5

Injuries:

gun wounds

Answer 5

• 500 bullets a minute

Question 6

Injuries:

shrapnel and shelling

Answer 6

• fired up to 19 km away
• 1/2 of all injuries were from shelling
• cut off limbs

Question 7

Injuries:

gas attacks

Answer 7

• chlorine: strips lining of lungs, like drowning
• phosgene: 48 hours to kill, 3x more deadly than chlorine
• mustard: killed 2% of victims

Question 8

Injuries:

infections

Answer 8

• muddy conditions

- gangrene bacteria: skin turns green and bubbles