Writing Task

 

Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived.

They were very muddy, uncomfortable and the toilets overflowed. These conditions

caused some soldiers to develop medical problems such as trench foot In the middle

was no man's land, which soldiers crossed to attack the other side. And did you know

that Just because you weren’t in the battle fields didn’t mean you weren’t in the danger

zone. Back on the Home Front, Britain was under attack from all sides.

These enormous Zeppelin airships dropped bombs on ordinary people’s homes.

It was the first time in history that Britain had come under threat from the sky.

Gigantic German airships, known as Zeppelins, carried out 52 bombing raids on

Britain during the war – killing more than 500. People were terrified of them! To avoid

Zeppelin