QUIZ: Can You Guess What The WWI Trench Slang Means?

Caroline Gawlik|History|10 Apr 2019

Third Light

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Retry Correct Incorrect Third light is a superstition that it was bad luck to light a third cigarette from the same match. That’s because it took roughly five seconds for a German sniper to see, aim, and fire at a light source.
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Third Light

  • A sunrise on a cloudy morning
  • Lighting a third cigarette
  • The final gunfire of the day
  • Attacking in three-man groups
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