Trench warfare

Did you know that about 200,000 people died in trenches during WW1? According to Britannica, trench warfare is, "Warfare in which opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground." Trenches are long dug-out ditches in the ground used to protect soldiers from new weaponry. The Carlisle Army website informs, "On the Western Front, Germany, Austria, and Hungary faced down the Allies, France and Britain over barbed-wired…

both warring parties would execute their plan of domination on one another. These advances made warfare a lot bloodier and battles drag on for longer as both sides were forced into a stalemate. One of the most important technological development of the war was the artillery…

ways due to the different kinds of new technology that was used. One of the most important technologies would be trench warfare, in which the soldiers used the trenches in the forefront to protect themselves from the barrage of gunfire, while the trenches that were in the rear were used for storing items they might need such as medical supplies, as well as being used for getting rest. Trench life might have been a safe haven so to speak but was dreadful for soldiers. They were muddy and smelled…

The fascinating thing about trench knives is their overall design reaks brutality and seems to just scream violence. In the modern military everything is sleek, black, and modern, the trench knife was big and brutal. Most people picture the United States M1918 trench knife when the word trench knife is brought up. The trench warfare of the first World War was a violent and brutal place, in between the nerve gas, and the new machine gun, a lot of fighting was done with bayonets, buttstocks, bare…

vehicles, new weapons, and updated military ideas had an advantage. During the course of the war soldiers barricaded themselves in trenches. The networks of trenches were protected by barbed wire and machine guns; this method of warfare in known as trench warfare. Trench warfare made it difficult for soldiers to try to infiltrate the enemy’s trenches. However, the British created a solution to this problem on September 15, 1916, when the first armored vehicle…

It is safe to say I have been holding up quite well until recently. It has been 2 months today since I have left and still the atrocities I have seen in this time are unbearable. The constant warfare is exhausting and everyday I fear I will lose my life. Right now i am under a small cover in a trench. It is hard to write with the constant barrages of shells hitting the ground. I can almost tell by the sound how far the impact is. Everyday I am out here I grow more and more fatigue with limited…

Weapons and Technology of WW1 World War I was called “the war to end all wars;,” however, it didn’t end anything. World War I was the biggest war anyone has ever seen in their time. Some countries were crippled, and some countries were strengthened, the same can be said of families. Over 38 million people died during this horrendous conflict, most of these deaths were civilians. Philippians 3:13 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what…

like hags, we cursed through sludge” (lines 1 and 2). At this point he reveals that the soldiers were in a trench. From the start of the story, it already paints an unpleasant picture. Readers can see that war is unpleasant, which is what Owen was showing. He reveals that the men are sick, stuck in a trench, and were miserable because of it. During the War, it had another name called Trench Warfare. As soon as the men try to advance on the enemy, a machine gun would mow them down, causing a lot…

War 1 introduced new ways to engage in battle. There was a bit of learning curve involved as military leaders on both sides attempted to deal with the rapid changing climate of warfare. I found it interesting that military strategies were not afforded an opportunity for adaption in the midst of these changes. Trench warfare consisted of intricately woven trenches that allowed for troops to move between the front lines and three other types of trenches located behind the front lines in a hidden…

strategy and technologies. The innovative battle strategy that resulted in the development of new technologies was trench warfare. Trench warfare was a relatively immobile tactic that consisted of armies digging trenches opposite each other with a large expanse of land in between called no man’s land. Essentially it was the immobile and long distance characteristics of trench warfare that led to the…