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Trench warfare caused many casualties from death, disease and even injury. Trenches made armies re-think there invasive strategies and made heavy artillery such as machine guns and shells very effective. Hand grenades, poison gas and bombs were extremely effective since all the
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How did trench warfare affect WW1
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During World War 1 opposing armies would conduct a battle relatively close to each other with a number of ditches dug into the ground. "Trench warfare becomes necessary when two armies face a stalemate, with neither side able to advance and overtake the other"(Patricia Daniels, 2015). Trenches made armies re-think moving forward-moving strategies such as head-on attacks and turned a brief strategy into turned into the main feature of war. This made it difficult for either army to advance there position, and made some attack ineffective to weaponry like heavy artillery and machine guns. No Man's Land was a place both armies would used to patrol, repair or add barbed wire to their front lines.
Trench warfare had a massive impact on soldiers as it caused huge amounts of casualties on the battlefield and also caused health problems of the battlefield. "It was quite crowded and uncomfortable for the soldiers who were fighting as it would have been dirty with vermin poo, rubbish and also used ammunition"(Hudson & Adam, 2012). Trenches also had a number of dead comrades and enemy soldiers spread out among the floor of the trench making very rancid, repulsive and run-down. Trenches were infested with rats and lice. "The rats were everywhere and got into the soldiers' food and ate just about everything, including sleeping soldiers. The lice were also a major problem. They made the soldiers' itch horribly and caused a disease called Trench Fever"(Ducksters,2016). Weather also gave trenches rough and bad conditions. Rain flooded trenches making them muddy, clog up weapons and make it hard to move in battle. This caused soldiers to get an infection known as Trench Foot. Soldiers in trenches were armed with a rifle,bayonet and a hand grenade.