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World War I. The Life of a Soldier . Trench Warfare. Cpl. Mason Potts. Sgt. Lloyd Ackerman. Pvt. John Shrewsbury Barnes. Pvt. Everett Burdette. Lee D. Sly. Boys often lied about their age so they could fight. Trench Warfare -25,000 miles long -zigzagged
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World War I The Life of a Soldier Trench Warfare
Boys often lied about their age so they could fight
Trench Warfare -25,000 miles long -zigzagged -1/3 of casualties happened here Long range artillery Barbed wire No Man’s Land Support lines Front line
Constant shell fire brought random death Men were buried in the trenches after a shell hit
Conditions • Dirt • Mud • Smell • Disease • No sanitation • Colorless • No sleep • Open cemetery
Going “over the top” Waited for whistle Climbed over parapet into no-man’s land Almost all attacks brought total death Wounded were left
Size of cats • One rat couple produces 900 more in a year • Ate food and corpses • Made nests in clothing • Itching • Caused trench fever
Trench Foot • Rain flooded the trenches • Feet couldn’t get dry • Swell up to 3 times the normal size • Amputation was rampant
Tanks Grenades Weapons Rifles Machine Guns Flame Throwers
GAS Caused lungs to dissolve suffocation Blindness Most deadly biological weapon
Could blow back on your own side • Smelled like pineapple and pepper • Some was odorless • Covered mouth in rag with urine • Some took 12 hours to take effect • Skin blistered, throw up
Shell Shock: Medical condition Mental breakdown Blighty Wounds: Give self an injury to get out of duty
Before and After Cloister of the Hotel de la Princerie
Before and After Village of Esnes
Assignment: Journal Entry You are to write a journal entry in your personal diary as if you were a soldier on the front lines of WWI fighting in a trench. The journal must include the following: • Detailed description of surroundings (5 senses) • Explanation of where you live, how does the trench look? • Diseases or pests that you deal with • Weapons • Illnesses • Your feelings about the war, your experiences • What emotions would you have? • MUST BE 1+ PAGE
Big Questions • Soldiers became numb to violence. Do you think our society has as well? • What determines a person’s violence thresh hold? • Do you think it makes a difference when it is real and when it isn’t?