Describe the conditions that soldiers experienced on the Western Front in the years 1915-1917.

... History Coursework World War One 1. Describe the conditions that soldiers experienced on the Western Front in the years 1915-1917. The soldiers on the Western Front stayed mostly in the trenches when there was no fighting during the years 1915-1917. The trenches were developed in December 1914. These were dug to protect them and it also stopped the other side from advancing. Trenches were dug from Switzerland up to the Channel. The conditions that they had to live through were very bad, the food they ate wasn't much good, there was a lack of hygiene and many soldiers caught diseases. About a million more soldiers died with disease than the amount of soldiers that died during battle. This is how difficult life was in the trenches. Soldiers feared everyday what would happen to them. There were many different trenches. The plan of a trench system started with a short trench, which led

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