Trench

enemy is shelling the trench I’m sitting in. The enemy has been shelling us sporadically for the past several days. The enemy will shell us for several hours, then stop and then resume the shelling later. Heavy shelling has left the area surrounding the trench pock marked with craters. Rainwater has filled many of the craters. Everything is dirty from the dirt that was kicked up from the explosions of the shells. Some sections of the barbed wire line in front of the trench are mangled…

until November 1918, was fought by millions of men. While they came from different backgrounds, races, and religions, the soldiers of the western front of this Great War all shared one thing in common they were all subjugated to living in trenches. Trench warfare in general can be summed up in two words, horrible and dangerous. As it became clear to the High Command that this wasn’t going to be the quick war they had once believed it would be, and the notions that will alone wins wars and…

Imagine living in a hole day after day having death lingering over your head. Trench warfare was exactly that. Trench warfare is a method used by many countries during WWI, It was used to combat the advanced weapons used during the war. Trench warfare was effective for being able to protect soldiers from heavy fire. Yet instead of soldiers dying to heavy fire they died from living in these trenches. Trenches were among the worst places to be in during WWI because of the many health illnesses,…

while also “wearing down or destroying” the enemy (Trench Warfare, International Military and Defense Encyclopedia). The Battle of the Marne, which took place September 6-10 1914, “brought an end to the war of movement on the Western Front” and “changed the nature of the war from something that Germany’s military planners had hoped to predict and plan in detail to something unpredictable and previously unknown” (Mombauer). The significance of trench warfare is that “classic mobile warfare…

well until recently. It has been 2 months today since I have left and still the atrocities I have seen in this time are unbearable. The constant warfare is exhausting and everyday I fear I will lose my life. Right now i am under a small cover in a trench. It is hard to write with the constant barrages of shells hitting the ground. I can almost tell by the sound how far the impact is. Everyday I am out here I grow more and more fatigue with limited rest. It is hard sleep, I have nightmares…

Trench Life Trenches in world war one (1914-1918) are one of the most important places on the battle field. It is also the most dangerous. Living conditions were tough, and knowing that any minute could be your last, defiantly made an effect on the soldier’s mental state, causing them to be left with “Shell Shock”. In this essay I will explain how the trenches were used in warfare, the impact it made on the soldiers physical and mental health, the harsh conditions these trenches implied to these…

The fascinating thing about trench knives is their overall design reaks brutality and seems to just scream violence. In the modern military everything is sleek, black, and modern, the trench knife was big and brutal. Most people picture the United States M1918 trench knife when the word trench knife is brought up. The trench warfare of the first World War was a violent and brutal place, in between the nerve gas, and the new machine gun, a lot of fighting was done with bayonets, buttstocks, bare…

knows something about. World War one was a war that was fought in several different ways, but trenches were used for a majority of the war. Trench warfare is a concept of war. It is a way of having an offensive and defensive tactic combined into one. Trenches were not first used during world war one but they have been used throughout the history of war. The way trench warfare was used and expanded during world war one by the allies, is a concept that was developed and improved upon throughout…

were a horrible place to fight and live in during the war. Most of the trenches were filled with water and mud, some were filled with the dead bodies, and others were filled with millions of rodents and bugs. All the men here in the trench are as disgusting as the trench they are in. The hurt soldiers had inflamed and infected wounds. The trenches were the place where you will most likely die of getting infected. The worst place to be in the war were the trenches because it was a disgusting…

anything yet. I think they might try to retreat.” Lucas looked back down into the trench at me. I nodded in response, and headed…