WWI History Lesson 4: Trench Warfare

When people think about World War 1, the first images likely to spring to their minds are the weary, mud-covered soldiers in tin helmets languishing in filthy trenches on the western front.  Most soldiers serving in western Europe did spend time in trenches, 

• Look at the Eyewitness WWI book pages 18-19
• Watch this video on Life in the Trenches
• Read The Century for Young People Chapter 2 pages 23-26 on Shell Shock
• Read Treaties, Trenches, Mud and Blood pages 30-47