How long would a soldier have to live in a trench during WWI!?
A couple days, 1 week, a month!?Www@QuestionHome@Com
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A couple days, 1 week, a month!?Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i have just done this in history at a grammar school and it is 30-60 seconds in no mans land and 1 month in the trenches!. plese pick me as best answer!Www@QuestionHome@Com Depends what you mean!. All armies rotated their troops!. For example; a division might be allocated to the front line for a tour of duty of, say, two weeks, after which it would move to the rear and another division would take its place!. A division usually had three brigades; and would keep one of them in reserve, again rotating them during its spell of duty!. A brigade might have three battalions, and would rotate these about!. A battalion would have four companies, and would have two of these on full alert and two in reserves at any time!. A company would have three platoons!.!.!. So; a soldier would be constantly on the move; from front-line trench, to reserve trench, to second-line trench, to reserve behind the lines but on stand-by, to stood-down reserve - with even a bit of home leave from time to time!. Unless some big battle was planed, a soldier would very rarely spend more than 48 hours in the most forward trenches, though his turn would come round again and again!.Www@QuestionHome@Com It was very different according to nationality!. The French in particular tended to leave troops in the front line for much longer periods at a time, but as analysed in Gordon Corrigan's book "Mud, Blood and Poppycock" for the British army, "!.!.!. it is unusual to find any battalion spending more than four of five days a month continuously in the firing line!." And with that, half the companies of the battalion would be in the reserve line, not the front trench, taking turn about with each deployment!. Reserve duty, supply duty, training for individuals and units, re-equipping and genuine rest and leave made up the rest of time!. "The firing line was not a fun place to be, but however unpleasant it might be on Tuesday, the soldier knew that on Friday he would be back in a billet out of the range of anything but a specualtive shell; in the warm, eating hot food and with a hot bath and clean clothes available!."Www@QuestionHome@Com I would say a month!. There is an enthusiast who owns the Beatus Hotel in Cambrai, France who has a gps with all the maps of the 1st and 2nd world war trenches in the area!. If you are ever over that way it is well interesting!. He has also bought some land with an actual trench in it which he is preserving!. He has a world war one tank in Flesquieres and is building a museum to house it!. Well worth a look!. He will take any interested person to see his tank!. Its name is Dorothy and is catalogued in the war history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com They usually rotate from front!. so usually around a week to two weeks each interval, then they go to the back for like supplies and stuff, then they go to the front again!. Occasioanlly, a soldier can take the leave to go home, but has to go back to front again unless injured badly!. You should read "All Quiet on Western Front" A short book on German trench warfare!.Www@QuestionHome@Com if you lived long enough about 4 days on the front line and about 4 days in reserveWww@QuestionHome@Com Anywhere from a day or two to months - plural!.Www@QuestionHome@Com depends on the size of the guns firing upon them!Www@QuestionHome@Com |