WWI Vocabulary and The Trench System
Group 5: Gabby, Josie, Jenny, Dante, Victoria, and Paul
Just a lil’ vocab first!
• Queue- a file or line, especially of people waiting their turn
• Billet- Lodging for a soldier, student, etc. as in a private home or nonmilitary public building
• Pettifogging- dishonest or unethical in insignificant matters
• Barrack- A building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison
Just a lil’ more vocab
• Latrine- a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area.
• Esprit De Corps- A sense of unity and of common interests and responsibilities, as developed among a group of persons closely associated in a task, cause, or enterprise
• Gangrene- Necrosis or death of soft tissue due to obstructed circulation, usually followed by decomposition and putrefaction
• Tommy- Slang for bread• Munitions- Usually materials used in war, especially
weapons and ammunition
How ‘bout lil’ more• Aspirant- An person who aspires, one who seeks or
desires a career. • Lorry- A motor truck• Barrage- An heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect
one’s own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops.
• Battery- Two or more pieces of artillery used for combined action.
• Quartermaster- An officer charged with providing quarters, clothing, fuel, or transportation.
• Chlorine Gas- An gas that causes acute damage in the upper and lower respiratory tract. First used as a weapon at Ypres, France, in 1915.
How ‘bout some trenches
Trenches!!! :D
• started by the French and British
-Stop the GERMANS!!! >:/
• Dug by troops to provide shelter from enemy fire
• By the end of WWI there were at least 12,000 miles of trenches dug
5 parts of a trench
• Barbed wire
• Fire step
• Duck boards
• Sandbagged parapet
• Parados
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