Western Front Key Concepts 1914-1918

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As part of our series on the Western Front, we present a number of key terms and definitions that form the basis of understanding the topic. Use these Western Front flashcards to ensure that you understand and remember all the main events.
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The Western Front A stretch of land 700 km long from the coast of the English Channel in Belgium to the French border with Switzerland.
Allied Forces The armies of countries bound together by formal promises of support (main powers were Britain, France, and United States).
War of Attrition A long period of conflict where each side seeks to gradually wear down the other by a series of small-scale actions.
Trench Warfare A form of armed combat where two opposing groups fight one another from trenches that face each other.
Schlieffen Plan 1914 This was a military plan of attack of how Germany could avoid war against France and Russia on two-fronts.
Chlorine gas The first type of gas used in the trenches; this stripped away the linings of the lungs and caused victims to drown from their lungs filling with water.
Gas Gangrene This is a bacterial infection that caused large numbers of deaths in the war.
Duckboards A board built from a number of wooden slats joined together, usually placed over muddy ground in a trench.
Triage This involved making an initial assessment of the wounded soldier, then sorting them into groups based on the severity of the wound itself.
Orderlies Someone who is responsible for the non-medical care of patients and maintaining order and cleanliness in a hospital.
RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps
'Thomas splint' An invention from Hugh Owen Thomas that stabilised the femur when it was fractured. It reduced blood loss and infection, and more importantly the death rate from a broken femur.
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