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    where both troops would build their own trenches in order to protect themselves from their enemy on other side separated by no man’s land. Trenches were a key part of the battleground during World War I and became the home and final location for millions of soldiers. Trenches were necessary for American troops survival in World War I because they were an effective form of protection and defense, and were built to prevent injuries and/or deaths. Trenches were known as a form of survival for the

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    instead they got foul trenches which made war last years due to the slow pace of this fighting technique. Trenches allowed soldiers to stay alive for a longer period of time but these men were put under a lot of physical and mental pain due 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

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    Rats were a big problem in the trenches. Rats would eat decomposing bodies on the battlefield which would make them grow big and fat. This became a problem for the soldiers because as the rats ate, their size, population, and toughness to kill grew at an incredibly fast rate. In order to solve this problem, soldiers would set out a piece of cheese and kill the rats with shovels. Lice had a major effect on the soldier's clothes. In the trenches, lice infested the trenches and spread through soldiers’

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    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 battle, by making soldiers hidden but exposed just enough to be able to attack the enemy. On a daily basis, life in the trenches was very scary and filled with horror. Death was upon the soldiers even if there was nobody attacking them. There

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    Trenches are a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. Trench warfare had been around for 100s of years before, but became huge during the Great War; the great is showing the large scale of conflict throughout the war. It was a war right after the turn of the century, between the new technologies, landscape of the land, and strategies used by each side trenches became an essential. This war did a lot more damage than anyone could have imagined. World War 1

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    Trench Warfare Ww1

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    deep and six feet wide, the use of trenches as a strategic defense was first introduced in the Battle of Möns in August 1914. Prior to this battle, victories in warfare were determined by multiple factors, one of them being mobility. The army with superior positioning and mobility of the field had a tactical advantage. However, the invention of the machine gun changed

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    corridors in the ground that became known as trenches. Originally thought to only be a temporary defensive tactic soon became a primary part of warfare. However, the conditions in the trenches became harsh and unsanitary due to battle raging around them and the lack of previsions. As a result, illness and disease spread rapidly and the reality of war as well as the traumatic experiences soldiers faced impacted troops in the short and long term. As trenches became a more frequent tactic, the simple

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    in the trenches offered about the worst conditions one could imagine”. During WW1 the trenches were built to protect soldiers from bullets and guns. However, inside the trenches were frogs, lice, and rats. Many people got trench foot, a fungus that infected the feet when they were cold and wet. The trenches in WW1 affected the lives of the soldiers. The government tried several methods to contain the disease in the trenches and there are many causes to shell-shock shared around the trenches.

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    and civilians. These deaths were the result of new military weapons, disease and consent battles in the Trenches. WW1 was a deadly war worldwide with many casualties, destruction and death due to militarism,

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    used by the military in large trenches to shoot the enemies. The most popular of trench warfare is the western front used in WW1. The defenders had more of an advantage in trench warfare because they were protected by barbed wire and mines and the enemies could not see them. The soldiers lived in the trenches and it was very terrifying. They were constantly prone to getting diseases and always in fear of an enemy attack. During WW1 millions of soldiers died in the trenches from disease and combat. Trench

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