The Life of Soldiers in the Trenches during WWI

A total of 3,240,948 tons of food was sent to the front lines.

What did the soldiers eat? Canned corned beef Pea Soup

It was a good day if there were small lumps of horse meat in it

Bread Biscuits When flour became scarce

Bread made from dried ground turnips

No proper sanitation in the Trenches Dysentery

a disease causing inflammation in the lining of the large intestines

Later attempts to purify water were made, but chloride of lime did not taste very good to the soldiers

After a rainfall or in poorly drained land, men stood in water logged trenches for long hours No ability to remove socks

& shoesCaused an infection of the

foot & in most cases both feet

As a result British Soldiers were ordered to change their socks at least twice a day to prevent this infection

Barrage extensive artillery fire

against enemy positions. classified as light,

moderate or heavy. light barrage = six or

seven shells every ten minutes

moderate barrage = thirty shells a minute

heavy barrage = fifty to sixty shells a minute.

The Machine Gun allowed for more efficient warfare.The gun would be used as a way of keeping the other army in their trench. It was also used in combination withbarbed wire to funnel soldiers into an area so that large groups of them could be killed at once.

Barbed wire was used to slow downadvancing troops. The barbed wire was also used to force soldiers to charge through certain openings inthe fence.

Mustard Gas first used by the

German Army in September 1917.

almost odorless and took twelve hours to take effect

EffectsSkin blistered eyes became very sore Uncontrollable vomiting internal and external

bleeding attacked the bronchial

tubes, stripping off the mucous membrane