"British boys felt it was their patriotic duty to enlist and fight for the British cause and they were shipped off to France to fight in the trenches against the Germans." When the war began people were very hostile. Also many peasants sold their horses to the soldiers to use in war. There was much tension amongst the warriors. Many people on the home front were very nervous and scared for their loved ones. It is ones worst nightmare to here that their relative had died in war. The soldiers, although some were very brave and courageous, some others were very scared and homesick. Any soldier who turned around during the war or tried to escape from fighting got shot by their leader. The soldiers lived very frightening lives. The soldiers slept in the trenches. Many soldiers built "funk holes" which were just dug out of the side of the trench while officers slept in dugouts. Also the main mode of transportation during The Great War was by horse back. Battle horses needed both stamina and speed. The British army travelled to France on horseback. Most of the fighting took place in the Eastern edge of France, Belgium and western Germany and was very bloody. There were many different kinds of weapons used during the war. Belt-fed machine guns, tanks and gas were used to fight during The Great War. The new machine guns severely reduced effectiveness of horses (cavalry)My fellow Americans before you enter the war consider the violence that occurs, I personally witnessed it and it is horrible.
