Its a cigarette lighter. They are round, and the top slides up. When its up there is a hole in the side of the top so a soldier could put the tip of his smoke in through the hole over the wick. The idea was the top acted as a shroud or shield to prevent the enemy from seeing the little flame while the wick was burning.
The old superstition that "three on a match" is bad luck - meaning you can light two cigarettes off one match, but should not light a third one, is supposedly from WWI. Keeping a match burning that long allegedly allowed enemy sharpshooters to notice and take aim by the time the third man held the match in front of his face to light up.
A trench stretch is a long system of trench.
yes there was, there was usually a base trench, and close by was a suppport trench
At the front there was the front line, then there was the support trench and at the back was a reserve trench.
The world's largest trench is the marina trench which is found right above japan.
i have no idea but i do no that nephritis is an infection so trench nephritis must be an infection that you get in a trench!:)
The value of a WWI trench lighter depends on the condition. A private buyer may buy one in mint condition for over 1,000 dollars.
A cashmere trench coat is good for occasions in the fall and winter but in the summer you may need to choose a lighter fabric on breezy days.
Trenches such as the Peru-Chile trench are found at destructive (also known as convergent) subductive plate margins where the denser oceanic plate is being subducted beneath the lighter continental plate. Trenches are common at subduction zones.
A trench stretch is a long system of trench.
Java Trench
an example of this is the marinas trench of the coast of japan and the continental plate of the Philippine's. the more denser oceanic plate is forced under by the lighter continental plate. this normally happens at destructive plate margins.
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No. The Mariana Trench is the deepest trench in the world. It is located in the Pacific Ocean.
yes there was, there was usually a base trench, and close by was a suppport trench
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yes the mariana trench is the largest in the world