Word War I Trench Warfare

World War I, also knowns as The First World War was fought mainly in Europe during the years 1914-1918. Until finally in 1919 a peace treaty was signed between Allied and Central Powers.
This war was fought between Allied powers (Russian Empire, France, British Empire, Italy, Japanese Empire and the United States) and Central Powers (Germany, Hungary, Turkey and the Bulgarian Empire) in locations such as Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Although it was a massive war which involved over 9 million death soldiers, the type of combat was a trench warfare.
This meant that the soldiers would arrive at the front line, dig a big hole to cover from enemy fire and build a kind of shelter and they would spend weeks firing with rifles and machine guns against the enemies.
Soldiers had static positions in combat and took turns to operate the fire arms and the artillery. This was the type of combat which took place during most of the war but at the end the development of tanks allowed both sides to move comfortably around the field. The weapons used during World War I were mainly Infantry weapons, machine guns and artillery. Other types of weapons which were less common were Mortars, Toxic Gas, Mining, Flamethrowers and Combat Planes. At the end of the war anti-tank guns were developed to fight the armored vehicles. The soldiers communicated with theirs superiors and with other trenches using instruments such as the telegraph, the telephone and homing pigeons. More elementary communications like signal lamps were also involved.

World War 1 (1914-1918)

Also known as the First World War was a global war staged mainly in Europe because almost all the countries involved were European but there were some presence from Asian countries. It all began many years before with many problems between the countries involved but the trigger to start the war was the assassination of the archiduque Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia Chotek in the city of Sarajevo the 28th of June of 1914. There were many dead soldiers and civilians for all the countries involved obviously there are more in the countries that lost the war.

'Journeys end' is a play written by R. C. Sherriff that interprets the experience of a British army infantry company during World War 1 in Saint-Quentin, France in 1918. It gives a brief glimpse of what was life like in the war for British officers. Sherriff describes the play like a play full of suspense and really entertaining.

By: Santiago Senties