The Trenches & WW1 consequences

The Trenches & WW1 consequences

1. what did a trench look like?

   • duckboards/ sump
   • artillery line
     • where big field guns are located
   • communication trench
   • front line trench
   • support trenches
   • bunker
   • traverse
     • angled parts of the trenches / curves
   • trench block
     • wood and wire structure made to block enemy from entering
   • Bolt hole/ dug out
     • parados
       • back wall of trench (furthest from enemy)
   • sandbags
   • fire step
   • parapet
     • wall nearest to enemy of the trench
   • barbed wire
   • listening post

2. Treaty of Versailles

   • 28th June 1919
   • what was decided?
     • Germany's army restricted to 100k
       • 6 battleships and no air force
     • 132 billions gold marks was to be paid by germany
     • it was all Germany's fault
     • all of Germany's colonies given to france and britain
     • germany banned from league of nations
     • germany forbidden to unite with Austria
     • Alsace-Lorraine returned to France
     • german army not allowed into rhineland
     • Saar given to France
   • Fighting stopped on Nov. 11 at 11am 1918; Armistice
   • consequences
     • Germany wanted revenge on Europe, as they felt that they had been punished unfairly; leading to the Second World War
     • collapse of eastern european empires
     • america becomes a new great power
     • a "lost" generation

3. Diseases in a trench

   • body lice
     • trench fever