The WWI trenches were built as a system, in a zigzag pattern with many different levels along the lines. They had paths dug so that soldiers could move between the levels. … These were meant to protect the soldiers’ feet from the water in the trenches to try and preventRead More →
In 1917 alone, over 19,000 mailbags crossed the English Channel each day, transporting letters and parcels to British troops on the Western Front. Soldiers wrote letters in spare moments, sometimes from front line trenches or in the calmer surroundings behind the lines. How were messages sent in ww2? Both sidesRead More →
Trenches were not dug in straight lines. Otherwise, if the enemy had a successive offensive, and got into your trenches, they could shoot straight along the line. … Soldiers also made dugouts and funk holes in the side of the trenches to give them some protection from the weather andRead More →