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Very, very, very nasty. Men lived in trench fortifications that stretched for dozens of miles. Disease was rife and any would could be fatal. At random times artillery shells would rain down on the men in trenches, forcing them to dig deeper. When the artillery did not work the officers would order a charge. During the charge thousands would be mowed down by the machine guns of the opposing side as men tried to clear the barbed wire in front of those guns. When that didn't work, chemical weapons were introduced to the battlefield. Mustard gas, nerve gas and tear gas to name a few. So then the men had to try to live and fight in a full gas mask apperatus, which was very cumbersome and hard to carry. In short, the fighting on the Western Front of WWI was hell, a game of who could throw the most bodies at the other side's machine guns.
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What was fighting like along the western front?
Fighting Up-front. Fighting up-front in the fights (battles) were very violant full of alot of swords weapons and dead bodys, obviosly. and also full of blood. and some rats and flies. Rats are worst for this and cam be very disrupting Flies however, would destract and bug the battlemen and irritate the skin, so the battle field would be smelly, due to men not being able to wash without irritation
What were the three main areas of fighting in world war 2?
During WW2 there was the "front" in Europe/ Western Asia, the front in Africa and the front in the Pacific Ocean on islands like Okinawa, Midway etc. However, we only have two days that we celebrate as ending the war in that particular front. These are VE day denoting European victory and VJ Day denoting Japanese Victory.
What was life in WW1 like for soldiers?
It was terrible, spending all your time either in a dirty trench with rats or up on the front line fighting for your country.
What did woman do in World War 1 while the men were fighting?
cook clean and also did the mens jobs like making plaines.
Compare and contrast All Quiet on the Western Front to World War 1?
Written by Jean-Marie Remarque it is, as I remember, a splendid book of the horrors of WW1. It was a war like no other. No war, perhaps, before or since has been so 'romantic', which is a difficult word to use about warfare.
