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by: Heaven G.
The Battle of Somme: French and Britain won against the Germans. The British used a tank for the first time in this battle.
World War I
The Battle of Verdun: This battle took place in Verdun, France. It was the longest single battle of WWI. The French, British, and Americans won against the Germans.
Trench rats were a common pest in the trenches during World War I. The fed off of rotting food and empty cans. Trench rats were reported to be about the size of a cat.
Lice was very common in the trenches during WWI. 97% of officers and men who lived and worked in the trenches had lice. Lice was spread when the men huddled together to keep warm. The lice pread disease if they bit into one hosts infection and then bit another healthy host.
Gas Attacks in WWI Mustard gas is a chemical that doesn't really have a smell. It was distinguished by the serious blisters it caused both internally and externally; this was if you were exposed for several hours. Protection against mustard gas proved more difficult than against either chlorine or phosgene gas. The use of mustard gas also proved to have mixed benefits. That caused major injury to the enemy. The chemical remained potent in soil for weeks after release: making capture of infected trenches dangerous.
Patrols in WWI were sent to No Man's Land frequently. Most of the men were supposed to add barbed wire to the front fence. The others were assigned to listening posts where they would try to hear information from the enemy lines. Sometimes enenimies would meet. They either gurried by or engaged in hand to hand fighting. Handguns weren't used for fear of machine guns hearing the fire.
Artillery barrages preceded infantry attacks for periods ranging from hours to days. Once the infantry attack began, supporting artillery would normally be promptly switched against pre-determined secondary targets. A creeping barrage however was designed so as to place a curtain of artillery fire just ahead of advancing infantry, a barrage which would constantly shift - or creep - forward directly ahead of attacking troops. The innovation was successful, although chiefly against sharply defined and localised targets. Subsequently the combined use of artillery, infantry, tanks and aircraft would greatly assist the efficacy of larger-scale breakthrough attacks.
