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Soldiers were denied to leave sometimes.

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No man’s land was the best place to get shot at.

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Construction on trenches were manual and painful.

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Soldiers would serve 6 months due to the lack of reinforcements.

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Portuguese had the worse deployment time.

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Sometimes soldiers would stay longer

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Soldiers would only stay in trenches for 2-3 weeks

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Sandbags, wood frames were on top so trenches would not collapse.

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Floors were either dirt or wood.

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Trenches were 12 feet deep.

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Trenches usually ran in 3 parallel lines.

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Trenches were networks.

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Patrols were sent to no man’s land. Very few returned.

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No man’s land was filled with barb wired.

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No man’s land could range from 50 yards to a mile.

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No man’s land was land between the trenches.

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Trenches smelled awful.

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The brown rat would eat the remains of humans.

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The brown rat would grow to the size of cats.

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Trenches had infestations.

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Snipers killed a lot of men in the trenches.

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Many deaths were caused from shellfire.

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Dead were buried where they laid.

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Trench foot was when soldiers would start rotting.

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More than 200,000 men died in trenches.

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Trenches were filled with mud and water.

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Rooms were filthy.

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Very uncomfortable to live in.

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Weren't just holes, some had rooms, shelters and other things.

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Trench Fighting was a war tactic!

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A type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.