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1. Trench Warfare

3. No Man’s Land
• Some men were
sent to repair
barbed wire
• Some assigned to
“listening posts”
• Enemy patrols
would run into one
another

4. Fear and Anticipation
• Must stay lying low
– Snipers!!
• Fear of the enemy
jumping in to the
trench

5. Trench Conditions
• Rats!
– Size of cats
– Feed on human remains
• Frogs, lice, slugs, beetles
• Trench Fever (severe pain +
high fever)
• Trench Foot (fungal infection)
• Smell (rotting bodies,
overflowing latrines, dried
sweat, stagnant water, etc.)

6. Gas Attack
• Mask must be air tight
• It irritates/itches the skin
• Claustrophobic
• Gas caused the victim to
drown from the inside

7. Daily Routine
• Clean rifle
• Chores (refill sand-
bags, etc.)
• Boredom
(movement was
restricted until
night)
– Read or write letters