https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw Trench Warfare en-us 2018-02-16 01:12:32 UTC 2018-02-16 02:35:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 20grayjo https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232204639 Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. The most famous use of trench warfare is the Western Front in World War I. It has become a byword for stalemate, attrition, sieges and futility in conflict. ]]> 2018-02-16 01:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232204639 20grayjo https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232206280 The fundamental strategy of trench warfare in World War I was to defend one's own position strongly while trying to achieve a breakthrough into the enemy's rear. The effect was to end up in attrition; the process of progressively grinding down the opposition's resources until, ultimately, they are no longer able to fight any longer. ]]> 2018-02-16 01:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232206280 20grayjo https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232206387 Trench warfare prevailed on the Western Front from late 1914 until the Germans launched their Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918. After the buildup of forces in 1915, the Western Front became a stalemated struggle between equals, to be decided by attrition. A trench system begins simply as a collection of foxholes dug by troops using their entrenching tools. These holes may subsequently be deepened so that a soldier can safely stand up in one of them, and the individual foxholes may be connected by shallow crawl trenches. ]]> 2018-02-16 01:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232206387 20grayjo https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232207186 Trench warfare tended to be a long process to decide the victor. As mentioned above, a stalemate was common, and it was usually left to the rats and diseases that spread throughout the trenches that killed many soldiers. Eventually, one side would run out of supplies and surrender to the enemy. The biggest reason of why there was stalemate was because the modern weaponry, especially with the newly used machine gun, halted soldiers from being able to move forward.]]> 2018-02-16 01:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232207186 20grayjo https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232207925 Overall, trench warfare led to millions of deaths during the Great War. This was not only due to the modern weaponry but also due to the extremely unsanitary conditions. With the rats and diseases that spread throughout the trenches, many lives were lost. Trench warfare was very deadly, and definitely added to the very large death count of World War 1.]]> 2018-02-16 01:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/20grayjo/thg24bhi6blw/wish/232207925