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Trench warfare reached its highest development on the Western Front during World War I (1914–18), when armies of millions of men faced each other in a line of trenches extending from the Belgian coast through northeastern France to Switzerland.
World War I [j] or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
The Allies, the Entente or the Triple Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).
26 maj 2024 · The trench warfare of World War I was a defining feature of the conflict, shaping the experiences of soldiers, the course of the war, and the memory of the conflict for generations to come.
26 maj 2024 · The image of muddy, rat-infested trenches stretching across the battlefields of Europe has become synonymous with the First World War. The stalemate of trench warfare, which characterized much of the fighting on the Western Front, was a defining feature of the conflict.
The Allied Expeditionary Force (AEF) Trenches exhibit is a general representation of several of the types of trenches American Soldiers encountered during their time in Europe during World War I.
Trench warfare. German trench on the Western Front, 1915. Trench warfare in 1914, while not new, quickly improved and provided a very high degree of defense. According to two prominent historians: Trenches were longer, deeper, and better defended by steel, concrete, and barbed wire than ever before.
