Ok, I hope you people know your history (and are willing to share what you know), cause I need help on a school project. I need to create a so-called 'research-question' on which I can base a twenty page essay regarding the Trenchwar during World War I. Unfortunatly, I can't seem to think of anything that could help me... any thoughts?

watch a lot of the history channel

Actually, I meant something like: 'what could I ask..'? But thanks for the advice [img]smile.gif[/img]

Maybe something about chemical weapons. Mustard gas and what not rolling in like fog across the muddy battlefields.. kind of relevant what with todays issues with such weapons..

the causes of, and eventually break down of trencwarfare, you could compare the eastern and western front(east never entrenched), how conservative military types didn't allow for the change in weaponry, and the devolpment of armour(tanks), possibly attempts before armor to break the trenches

I agree with Djinn Raffo about the nervegas

a subject to start with - why did the was start (the assasination of the Austria-Hungarian Archduke Ferdinard and what followed)

and a subject to close with - the Versaille peace treaty and its consequences. (Germany's 'need' for revenge)

[ 11-13-2002, 04:05 PM: Message edited by: Ar-Cunin ]

Write about how the Americans came to adopt one of the worst machine guns ever (the Chauchat, which was so bad it often literally shook itself to pieces as it fired) as oppose to the Lewis, almost solely due to a personality clash between the then current US Chief of ordinance (Gen. Willian Crozier) and Lewis (the bloke wot designed the Lewis gun) Although to be fair they did get the browning M1917 in the end.

It can be a sobering lesson in how petty human interpersonal relationships can end up bad.

<font color="cyan">I think the above idea's are really good, and if you plan it right, you'll do well!</font>

Try this http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

In Belgium, we have preserved some of those trenches from WWI. You can actually walk around in them. Together with a museum. I don't know where you live in the Netherlands but it might be worthwile to go and 'experience' it for yourself. It's in Ieper, iinm.