Trenches_Played_A_Big_Part_During_WWI

Trenches Played A Big Part During WWI Trenches played a big part in World War 1. Spreading from The North Sea to the Swiss Frontier. The Germans hot on the ball, were the first to pick where to put there trenches, this gave them the advantage of building on higher ground, forcing the British and French to live in the worst conditions. The trenches were built only about two to three feet above sea level, so water would often be filling the trenches. So the troops put down “Duck Boards” over the water so they would not be standing in puddles. Often troops got what was called trench foot. Trench foot was an infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and un-sanitary conditions. In the trenches men stood for hours in waterlogged trenches without being able to take off wet socks or boots. The feet would go numb and the skin would turn red or blue. If untreated, trench foot could turn gangrenous and result in amputation. Back to the trench system, trenches were built in “zigzag” patterns so that if the enemy ever over took the trenches they couldn’t shoot straight down the trench and kill the troops easily. The trenches trenches, trench, about, water, troops, sand, feet, shoot, waterlogged, over, front, foot, fire, enemy, without, wet, turn, system, sea, rained, put, pick, often, mud, life, land, ground, front-line, french, first, dug, couldn’t, conditions, clay, called