How Did Trench Warfare Work In WW1

How Did Trench Warfare Work In WW1

Trench warfare was used back in the olden days to protect soldiers from being
shot at from the enemies. Many people used trench warfare during the war
because it was one of the best ways to defend themselves. It was also used in
WW1.

Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting. Large
military trenches were a type of way to defend, in which troops were protected
from the enemy's firearms. And were sheltered from shots. Lots of wars
including WW1 and WW2 used trench warfare as a way to protect troops from
their enemies. They were also created to lessen the number of gases that
entered the area when war was fought. 

Even though trench warfare was a great way to shelter many soldiers, many
got illnesses and health problems. During the war in the trenches, it was very
muddy and uncomfortable. During that time many soldiers got trench foot.
Because of the low amount of hygiene in the trenches, trench foot was very
common. Soldiers who got trench foot most likely were to lose their toes.
Most of the time soldiers who contained it had to go home and many died.
On some occasions, more soldiers died of a lack of hygiene rather than the
actual war.

Trench warfare was very important during world war 1. It was used by both
sides, to protect from gunshots. It also provided some sort of safe place during
the war. Where the soldiers couldn't relax but they could feel safer, rather than
being out in the open with no protection from the enemy. They were also
created to try less of the number of gases that would cause major problems for
the soldiers. Lots of soldiers had to go back to their country because of the gas
that entered their lungs. 

Trench rats were a big problem in the trenches because they were always in and
out of the food storage room. Lots of food went missing and it worsened the
hygiene in the trenches because sometimes the trench rats even ate the soap.
These trench rats could easily grow as long as your foot and even bigger.
Sometimes when soldiers died in the trenches the rats would come along
starving and gruesomely at the eyes out of the dead corpses.

In conclusion, trench warfare was used in WW1 to protect and come to the
soldier's advantages during the war. Even though it provided great shelter many
diseases like trench foot and evil gases flooded the trenches. Causing many men
to go home.

By Eva