Verdun

The battle of Verdun is considered to be the greatest and the lengthiest in WW1. Never before or since then has there been that long of a battle involving thousand and thousands of men, situated on a tiny piece of land. The battle lasted from 21st Feb, 1916 to the 19th of December 1916, and theres estimated of over 700000 casualties on both sides, including KIAs, MIAs. The battlefield wasnt even 10 km wide.

Battle of the Somme

The battle of Somme was originally named the Battle of ALbert, which is a small French town just outside of the somme location. Most soldiers were encountering heavy fire within seconds of leaving the trenches. By the end of the first day the british suffered 60000 casualties. the 12th Scott and Lancasters disappeared literally in the no man's land, their bodies were found 5 months later. Also this is the first time that soldiers were given maps and they rehearsed what to do. Also mine warfare was used and a huge crater called lochnagar have been created due to a mine exploding under the german front line on 1st July 1916.

War in the Trenches

War in the trenches is tough, there's mud, rats, continuous bombardment from both sides. Tons of soldiers die daily either from sickness or from the steal that the opponents fire at them. A lot of good men died because of the hygience condition in the trenches, you basically live in a hole in the ground and you do everything in it, eat, sleep go to toilet etc. All in all the trenches is a harsh place to live, a lot of soldiers got trench foot, which is a disease that literally rots your foot, and the only way to treat it is to amputate it. All in all life in the trench is hard, and those who survived it would surely know if that is true or false.

The Chirstmas truce of 1914

The christmas truce was an unofficial truce, proposed by the soldiers from both sides. On that day British soldiers saw lots of movements and lights on the German side, and they thought that they are going to attack, but instead of gun fire the British heard Christmas carol sang by the Germans. Later that day the British replied by singing some of the carols in English, hence starting the Christmas truth between them. On Dec. 25th 1914, a British officer in the name of Charles, he ran out to the no mans land and then a German officer came out and the Christmas truce started. Both sides play soccer, share stories for the whole time. The Christmas truce ended a few days later, both sides fire ceremonial shots to signify the restart of the war. One interesting fact the British hold up a sign saying Merry Christmas, and then the Germans replied with thankyou.