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    Today, air power is a vital part of warfare planning, but in World War One, this area of combat was just beginning to be explored. The effectiveness and success of any modern ground assault in today's warfare campaigns hinge on a successful air campaign. In World War One, the concept of using aviation as a fighting tactic was in its infancy, and just being explored. Aviation as a weapon was considered unfair and was not allowed according to the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 (Wilkin 57). The

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    Trench Warfare Essay From living a nice life to living in a “dump” the soldiers of the trench warfare were into a big surprise of grief .The trenches caused death and suffering for a long time. This happened due to the lack of building the trenches properly ,this is also due to the war and sickness . The soldiers lived in tight quarters with other men. The trenches were terrible and caused many problems to be faced . Virginia postrel former writer says “European nations began World War I with

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    soldiers were dramatized from they had experienced. This drama involved trench warfare in which was a back a forth never ending battle, resulting in soldiers experiencing the most sickening and nauseating events. To begin with, Trench warfare was the first infantry type war-style involving industrialization of the mini-gun and artillery however industrialization didn't affect conditions in the trench causing soldiers to get trench foot and frostbite. “The machine gun was the most widely used weapon

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    TRENCH WARFARE DURING THE GREAT WAR Ricky Freitas HIST 1400: Modern Western Traditions May 13, 2016 World War I was known for its very slow-paced battle and the stage of stalemate. After advancing from Germany on France, battle turned into trench warfare. Trench Warfare is a defensive strategy in a field where the army stays in rows of trenches that were placed along the Western Front during the war. The use of trenches during the Great War was a very significant tactic during

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    To begin with, trench warfare was a war tactic that baffled many generals since it was not implemented frequently in battles and they were not trained to fight under those circumstances. Although, it was used during the American Civil War and the Russian- Japanese War, trench warfare dramatically grew during the the first World War. In its first month, the French stopped German forces that were pushing through Belgium. The conflict between both sides was expected to be short but turned longer and

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    Trench Warfare is when “opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches.” This type of warfare was already developed by the seventeenth century in the form of siege operation. There are many examples of trench warfare during World War I including the use of it at the Western Front. Although success sometimes resulted in the use of this warfare, trench warfare was ultimately an ineffective military tactic because it did not provide the protection

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    Trench Warfare – World War One The First World War, thought to be at the time, the war to end all wars, was the first global scale conflict, predominately fought between [British Empire, France, Russia, Germany and Austria-Hungary] 28 July 1914 – 11 Nov. 1918. A major part of this war was Trench Warfare, impacting men strategically, physically and mentally. Trenches protected soldiers, helped soldiers strategically and ended up being known as one of the most brutal parts of war. When examining the

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    Trench warfare is a brutal type of war and extremely deadly. With the rise of the industrial age it changed the tactics and mindsets commanders and generals. During this era it become extremely easy to mass produce the tools of war such as machine guns and artillery. With what seemed like unlimited resources tactics and strategy used in trench warfare did not accommodate the price of a living human's life but instead saw it as another tool such as a gun. Trench warfare was unlike any other type

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    to their harsh conditions and outlook of life in the trench. There were many ways trench warfare impacted WWI but three main reasons were soldiers adjusting to life in the trench, trench warfare being very deadly and impact the trenches had on soldiers and their families during World War I. Firstly, soldiers had to adjust from their regular training to figure out how to endure

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    through trenches. As this new style of fighting started to take over, countries developed new weapons and tactics to succeed over their enemies. This new Trench warfare continued throughout World War One by causing millions of men to die from modern weapons and horrid living conditions. Trench warfare actually wasn't designed as a

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