Wwi Trench Diagram Bbc. In the summer of 1914 more than. However attackers had to locate the wire breaks and many men lost their lives through becoming entangled in the wire and shot.
Underground journey to find ww1 somme tunnel diggers grave. It was laid several rows deep by both sides to protect the front line trench. The trenches during wwi consisted of a vast network of deep ditches within the ground that ran for approximately 475 miles long in an s shape from the north sea to switzerland.
Soldiers crossed no mans land when they wanted to attack the other side.
Sapper william arthur lloyd was killed by a german mine while tunnelling below the somme battlefield in 1915. Discuss why items such as puttees gas mask trench tool field dressings and helmet were included and what we can. Simply point to the. Identify ways trenches protected soldiers.