Do horses really need gas masks? Who was Big Bertha? And would you have survived the Great War? This horrible yet humorous guide to life on the Front Line contains cartoon illustrations, Fact File fold-outs, timelines, booklets, and letters from the trenches. From foul food to coping with legions of lice, readers 9 to 12 can discover all the dire details of life in the blood and mud of World War I trenches, as seen from both sides of the barbed wire.