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What? • armed combat conducted from trenches dug to provide protection in open areas • horrible conditions • swampy, wet, filled w/ mice, dead bodies and decay • Historical Significance • the trench system was the main way they fought WW1 • killed many many soldiers in battle • even the most patriotic soldiers were hoping for a "blighty", which is a wound serious enough to cause the injured soldier to be sent back to England

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EVENTS > TURN OF THE CENTURY > Trench Warfare > REVIEW QUESTIONS

1. What time in the day was the most dangerous and was most popular for major attacks?
   
   1. daytime
   2. night time
   3. dawn
   4. evening



1. What are parapets?
   
   1. low walls in front of the trenches
   2. strings of barbed wire
   3. underground barracks
   4. grenades




2. Victims with "shell shock" were sent to…
   
   1. asylums
   2. gas chambers
   3. the opposing side
   4. back home



3. Soldiers who lay wounded in No Man's Land…
   
   1. would pretend to be dead and rest for a while
   2. could immediately get help
   3. could be sent back home
   4. could not be rescued



4. What is a "blighty"?
   
   1. Weapons such as guns
   2. A wound serious enough to cause the injured soldier to be sent back home
   3. A serious nervous disorder resulting from prolonged exposure to sustained artillery fire
   4. the miserable conditions in trench warfare





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