TRENCH WARFARE

11. What is the Schlieffen Plan?

• Germany’s plan to avoid a two-front war by attacking France through Belgium.

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12. Describe trench warfare and why it was horrible.

• Soldiers fought from trenches in terrible conditions (mud, rats, disease).

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13. Realities of trench life:

• Cold, wet, dirty, disease, constant danger from shelling and gas attacks.

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14. Definitions:

• Over the Top – Leaving the trench to attack the enemy.

• Saps – Tunnels under enemy lines.

• Blighty – A wound serious enough to send a soldier home.

• Valcartier – Canadian training camp.

• No Man’s Land – Land between enemy trenches.

• Shrapnel – Metal fragments from bombs.

• Trench Foot – Disease caused by wet feet in cold trenches.