L6: Trench Warfare Agenda Objective : To understand… 1. What trenches and trench warfare were. 2. Why trenches emerged and the role of technology in that process. 3. What fighting a trench-based war was like. Schedule : 1. Introduction to Trenches Homework 1. Read selections from All Quiet on the Western Front Due L7 (Mon 1/7) 2. Read selections on Total War from Rites of Spring Due L8 (Tues 1/8) 3. Creative Project Due L17 (Tuesday 1/29)
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L6: Trench Warfare Agenda Objective: To understand… 1.What trenches and trench warfare were. 2.Why trenches emerged and the role of technology in that.
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L6: Trench WarfareAgenda
Objective: To understand… 1. What trenches and
trench warfare were.2. Why trenches
emerged and the role of technology in that process.
3. What fighting a trench-based war was like.
Schedule: 1. Introduction to
Trenches2. Trenches and
Technology
Homework1. Read selections
from All Quiet on the Western Front Due L7 (Mon 1/7)
2. Read selections on Total War from Rites of Spring Due L8 (Tues 1/8)
3. Creative Project Due L17 (Tuesday 1/29)
The Trenches Become a Fixture of the War
• By late 1914, just a few months after the start of war, two massive systems of trenches stretched 400 miles across Western Europe from Switzerland to the North Sea. – This trench system defined the Western Front.– Trenches would also be used on the Eastern Front.
• Purpose of the trench system was to:(1)Defend territory you “gained” during advance(2)Attack the enemy
Tour of the Trenches • We will watch a short clip of a
historical re-enactment of British soldiers in a World War One trench.
• You will want to watch for how the trench is constructed and laid out.
• FYI: Gerry is a the generic name British soldiers used to refer to German soldiers.
Why did Trench Warfare emerge?
• How did World War One go from being a war of movement to one of fighting in fixed positions in the trenches?
• The answer lies in new war technologies…– Discussion: