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history WW1 vocab

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Duckboards   A duckboard is a platform made of wooden slats built over muddy ground to form a dry passageway.  
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Rats   a rodent that resembles a large mouse, typically having a pointed snout and a long, sparsely haired tail. Some kinds have become cosmopolitan and are sometimes responsible for transmitting diseases.  
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No man’s land   No man's land is land that is unoccupied or is under dispute between parties that leave it unoccupied due to fear or uncertainty.  
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Infantry   soldiers marching or fighting on foot.  
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Gas Mask   a protective mask used to cover a person's face as a defense against poisonous gas.  
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Dead in the middle   when the bodies of fallen soldiers are in the middle of the trench.  
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Support troops   troops that come in to help if the regular troops need help.  
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Reinforcement   the action or process of reinforcing or strengthening.  
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Western front   The Western Front was the name the Germans gave to a series of trenches that ran 700 kilometres from the Belgian coast to the Swiss border.  
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