not all the time they only wore helmets in combat but they were hardly ever in combat so yes they did
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helmets, clothes, and held guns.
Very little or none at all apart from steel helmets
Very little or none at all apart from steel helmets
During training, many commanding officers required their soldiers to wear the helmets with the chin straps attached under their chins. Veterans at the front learned to wear the helmets without the chin straps. If an explosion went off next to them, the helmet would catch the concusion and try to fly off. If the chin strap was attached, they felt that it would break your neck.
I'll answer the question when I can understand it. Does this person mean "why did they wear helmets in WWI" or something else? The reason for wearing helmets dates back to Medieval times, when it was thought that wearing some sort of armour would protect people from swords, arrows and other war instruments. By the time the C20th had arrived, helmets had slimmed down considerably, compared to their Medieval ancestors. And, of course, they did very little to protect the wearer.