Question

Where was the western front in WWI?

Answer 1

Hi Hereweg0 -

"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. To imagine this, think of a ditch deep enough to stand in zigzagging its way alongside the Hume Highway from Melbourne to Canberra. As at Gallipoli, machine-gun fire caused terrible casualties on the Western Front. Both sides had dug trenches, sometimes only metres apart, as their only protection from the murderous gun fire. But they were never safe from the explosive artillery shells that rained down on the front line soldiers every few seconds for days at a time." (Source http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww1/overview/west.html) Read more about life in the trenches and see pics at this site.

If you are looking for the actual location, here is a map of the Western Front Battlefields: http://www.greatwar.co.uk/places/ww1-western-front.htm

Hope this helps

Answer 2

thanks i had forgotten this but i remember now