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Class project – World War 1 website. As a class you are going to create a website about World War 1.
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Class project – World War 1 website As a class you are going to create a website about World War 1. Each group will be responsible for one of the sections just shown. You are to collect information of ther internet and include it in your own words. In addition, you will collect work of other members of the class. • Weapons of World War 1 • Life in the Trenches • War in the Middle East • The Russian Revolution • Life on the Home Front • The Treaty of Versailles
What was life like on the front line? Key Questions What weapons were used in World War 1? What Tactics were used in World War 1? What was it like living in the trench?
World War 1 soldier Equipment List – Match the equipment to the soldier Gas mask Cape Shovel Puttees Water bottle Helmet Rifle Haversack Ammunition pouches Eating tin Grenades Boots Bayonet
Your task is to identify the main weapons used in World War 1 -
The constant itch of Lice Source B: Private George Coppard, With A Machine Gun to Cambrai (1969) A full day's rest allowed us to clean up a bit, and to launch a full scale attack on lice. I sat in a quiet corner of a barn for two hours delousing myself as best I could. We were all at it, for none of us escaped their vile attentions. The things lay in the seams of trousers, in the deep furrows of long thick woolly pants, and seemed impregnable in their deep entrenchments. A lighted candle applied where they were thickest made them pop like Chinese crackers. After a session of this, my face would be covered with small blood spots from extra big fellows which had popped too vigorously. Lice hunting was called 'chatting'. In parcels from home it was usual to receive a tin of supposedly death-dealing powder or pomade, but the lice thrived on the stuff.
Trench foot is a medical condition caused by prolonged exposure of the feet to damp, unsanitary and cold conditions
Rats in the Trenches Robert Graves remarked in his book, Goodbye to All That: "Rats came up from the canal, fed on the plentiful corpses, and multiplied exceedingly. While I stayed here with the Welch. a new officer joined the company and, in token of welcome, was given a dug-out containing a spring-bed. When he turned in that night he heard a scuffling, shone his torch on the bed, and found two rats on his blanket tussling for the possession of a severed hand."
30/09/2012 Lions led by Donkeys. Is this a fair assessment?
I have a rendezvous with DeathAt some disputed barricade,When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms fill the air--I have a rendezvous with DeathWhen Spring brings back blue days and fair.
Together with patience, the nation must be taught to bear losses. No amount of skill on the part of the higher commanders, no training, however good, on the part of the officers and men, no superiority, however great, of arms and ammunition, will enable victories to be won without the sacrifices of men's lives. …We must be prepared to accept great losses in future without flinching[.] Three years of war and the loss of one-tenth of the manhood of the nation is not too great a price to pay in so great a cause. General Haig A letter sent to the editors of the main British newspapers by Sir Douglas Haig, May 1916
In 1914, it had about 250,000 Once war began, the British Army recruited furiously. By 1916, the army was about 1.5 million strong, but there were problems. The expansion was done at breakneck speed using enthusiastic but raw recruits. They had a little over a year's training and virtually no combat experience. Worse still, they were desperately short of experienced officers. More experienced soldiers knew how to find the best cover, how to advance as safely as possible and what to do if their commanding officer was killed (common in trench warfare). In February 1916, the Germans attacked the French fortress of Verdun. The attack intensified for the next four months until there was a danger that Verdun would fall and the Germans would break through the French lines. The British and French governments decided that Haig would have to attack at the Somme in July
