Concordia Library: World War I: Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare

1916: French soldiers line up for inspection in a trench strung with barbed wire.

Trench Warfare. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 14 Nov 2011.

Trench Aid

March 22, 1918: Red Cross workers in a trench tending to a wounded American soldier on a stretcher.

Sgt Leon H. Caverly / Topical Press Agency / Getty Images / Universal Images Group Trench Aid. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 14 Nov 2011.

Life in the Trenches

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1. What life was like in the trenches for a typical soldier?

2. How did soldiers in the trenches make their food more attractive, edible, or appetizing?

3. What is no-man's land?

Did you know?

The trenches were often the setting for many of the WWI poems.

Books on Trench Warfare

Truce : the day the soldiers stopped fighting by Jim Murphy
Call Number: 940.4 MUR
ISBN: 0545130492
Publication Date: 2009
Tells the story of the December 25, 1914 truce between German and British soldiers as they laid down their weapons and met in No Man's Land to celebrate Christmas.

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The War to End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman
Call Number: 940.3 FRE
ISBN: 0547026862
Publication Date: 2010
A narrative history of World War I for young readers that features archival photographs, and describes how advanced military weaponry impacted the course of the war.
The Battlefield's of the First World War: The Unseen Panoramas of the Western Front by Peter Barton with Jeremy Banning and contributions by Peter Doyle
Call Number: R 940.3 BAR
ISBN: 1845298845
Publication Date: 2008
A comprehensive study of the battlefields of World War I that includes soldier recollections, descriptions of battles, maps, black-and-white photographs, and a DVD with 350 interactive panoramas of the Western Front.
Trench Fighting of World War I by John Hamilton
Call Number: 940.4 HAM
ISBN: 1577659163
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
An overview of trench warfare during World War I.
An Illustrated History of the First World War by John Keegan
Call Number: R 940.3 BAR
ISBN: 037541259X
Publication Date: 2001
Photographs, maps, illustrations, and text help chronicle the history of the First World War, providing information on key events, battles, and figures.

Web Resources

The Life of a British Soldier 1913-1918
Trenches on the Web -Armory: Trenches
World War I: Trenches on the Web
Scroll down page to "good starting points."
Christmas in the Trenches, 1914
Eyewitness History
World War One Movies
BBC © 2011
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Chapter 1 : Volunteering and recruitment
Chapter 2 : Night patrol
Chapter 3 : Life in the trenches
Chapter 4 : Over the top
Chapter 5 : Gas attack
Chapter 6 : Injury and shell shock
Credits
World War One Trench Virtual Tour
BBC
Secrets from inside a WWI trench
BBC News November 3, 2011
World War One - What is a Trench?
History on the Net
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Historyonthenet.com
Eye-deep in hell: trench warfare in World War I
Google Books. See food.
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by John Ellis via Google Books
The Trenches: Virtual Tours
BBC
The Human Experience of War
BBC
In the Trenches
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The Long, Long Trail
The British Army of 1914-1918 - for family historians
Trench Warfare in World War I
MapsoftheWorld.com
Digging In
Construction of Trenches
Life in the Trenches
The trench experience
National Archives. UK. Video clip and trench game.