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Trench warfare on the Western Front
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A-Levels History (World War 1) Mapa Mental sobre Trench warfare on the Western Front, criado por elspeth em 21-05-2013.
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Trench warfare on the Western Front
Conditions in the trenches
There were a number of problems associated with trench warfare.
Trench foot, rats and lice causing trench fever.
31% of those who served in the army were wounded compared to 3 or 4% of those in the navy or air force.
The tactics of trench warfare
The Germans were occupying Belgium and French territory, it was the British and the French who had to launch attacks and try to dislodge the Germans
Going over the top through no mans land
bombarding opposing forces with shells
Creeping barrage where advancing infantry would be protected by an arc of artillery fire landing in front of them.
Another tactic used by the British at Messines Ridge near Ypres was to dig towards German lines and detonate mines underneath them
By the end of the war tanks were being used by the British as a method of breaking through enemy lines.
Germans began to use poisonous gases, for example mustard gas from 1915
British weapons
Lee Enfield rifle
Very efficient gun, issued to infantry soldiers
Vickers machine gun
could fire 450-550 rounds per min.
range of 3000 yards
Lewis gun
light and highly effective in trench warfare. Initially the Germans had nothing similar.
Stokes mortar
could fire 22 shells per min.
Grenades and shells.
Initial shortage of grenades and bigger shells such as the howitzer. By 1916-17 they were widely available.
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