Western Front 2 – Western Front context

Who were the BEF?

• The British Army
• The French Army
• Best Friends Forever
• The German Army

What pattern were trenches dug?

• zig zag
• pretty
• straight lines
• circular

What was no mans land?

• area between two sides of trenches
• bit behind the trench
• where soldiers went to the toilet
• a bit sexist

What was used under Hill 60?

• mines
• hospital
• trenches
• Hill 61

What was the creeping barrage?

• bomb ahead of the advancing troops
• when you has to be silent so the Germans couldn’t hear
• when you had to crawl on your belly
• very successful

What was built underground at Arras?

• hospital
• mines
• trenches
• Hill 60

What was the terrain like at Passchendaele?

• muddy
• flat
• hilly
• perfect

What two types of ambulances were used?

• horse drawn and motor
• nee naw and naw nee
• horse and cart
• red ones and blue ones

What other modes of transport were men moved away from the frontline by?

• train, barge and ship
• planes, trains, automobiles
• walk, run, run really fast
• ambulance, truck, backie

What was used for the first time at the Second Battle of Ypres?

• gas
• tanks
• mines
• ambulances