AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Western Front
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Eastern Front
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Northern Front
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Southern Front
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Detailed explanation-1: -They decided that the German Army in the west would go over to the strategic defensive for most of 1917, while the Central powers would attack elsewhere.
Detailed explanation-2: -"No Man’s Land” was a popular term during the First World War to describe the area between opposing armies and trench lines.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the British Sectors there were 3 lines of trenches: the front, support and reserve. Trenches were defensive positions formed out of dug-out embankments. They were protected by barbed wire and reinforced with sandbags and wood.
Detailed explanation-4: -The trench systems on the Western Front were roughly 475 miles long, stretching from the English Channel to the Swiss Alps, although not in a continuous line.
Detailed explanation-5: -Behind the front-line trenches were support and reserve trenches. The three rows of trenches covered between 200 and 500 yards of ground. Communication trenches, were dug at an angle to the frontline trench and was used to transport men, equipment and food supplies.