Trench warfare Soldiers fought each other by digging miles of parallel trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire. Armies traded huge losses of human life for small land gains. “The men slept in mud, washed in mud, ate mud, and dreamed mud.”

Trench warfare The space between the trenches called “no man’s land” Western Front became a “terrain of death” 500 miles from the North Sea to the Swiss border

Life in the trench

Aerial view of trenches M A N’ S L D

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Wonder Women “no man’s land” scene

Trench foot

The Homefront

Rationing So many goods were in short supply that governments turned to rationing. Rationing is the distribution of scarce resources, goods, and services. So many goods were in short supply that governments turned to rationing.

Rationing Adherence to rationing was considered a highly patriotic duty.

Women during the war Thousands of women replaced men in the factories, offices, and shops. Built tanks, munitions, plowed fields, paved streets, ran hospitals.