Essay On Western Trenches

Have you ever heard of the largest trench in World War I? Well it is called the western front. Trenches such as the western front are very important, especially during World War I. There are many topics under the western front, such as structure, Christmas 1914,the results, how terrible the trenches were, and protection. Have you ever thought about the structure of the western front? They built the trench zigzagged. It took them a long time to build it; in fact, it took them two years 1914-1918 It started in Belgium into France. The western front is the largest trench dug in World War I. It is 25,000 miles long, 12,000 miles of it was the Allies. 13, 000 was the Central powers. Therefore, it was pretty even. There are three different parts of the trench. The first one is called the front line and is located 50 yards away from the enemy. The second one is the support line, which is 300 yards behind the front line. The last …show more content…
One reason was because their soldiers made friends with the enemy. The commaders call that treason, the betraying of one’s own country. They were so angry that they would punish the soldiers. This type holiday break is now forbidden. A soldier can be taken to court, beaten, or shot for this type of treason. Soldiers who lived in the trenches were in the worst living conditions. It was crammed in the trenches. Only two men could stand side by side, because it was six in half feet long. This doesn’t make sense. They also slept in crude dug outs which were dug out of the sides of the wall. They had lice because they could not take baths regularly. There were also very nasty smells and rats ran around their feet. In the trenches, soldiers had to think of ways to protect themselves. They used parapets, protective barriers made out of sandbags, dirt, and tangles of barbed wire. They used them to hold off the enemy attacks. To fire back, they fired over the