AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Trenches
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No man’s Land
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Ditches
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Tunnels
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Detailed explanation-1: -Fighting occurred not only on the Western Front, but in eastern and southeast Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
Detailed explanation-2: -World War I was a war of trenches. After the early war of movement in the late summer of 1914, artillery and machine guns forced the armies on the Western Front to dig trenches to protect themselves.
Detailed explanation-3: -Trenches were common throughout the Western Front. Trench warfare in World War I was employed primarily on the Western Front, an area of northern France and Belgium that saw combat between German troops and Allied forces from France, Great Britain and, later, the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -The ‘trench ration’ was designed to feed a certain number of soldiers. It was used when the food prepared in the field kitchens could be delivered. It included corned beef, sardines, salmon, coffee, salt, sugar and even cigarettes. The ‘emergency ration’ included highly caloric aliments, such as chocolate.