WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -What is trench warfare? fighting conducted from a system of ditches/trenches protected by barbed wire and macine guns. It protected soldiers against enemy fire. uprising in 1917 that led to Russia’s withdrawal from World War 1.

Detailed explanation-2: -On the Western Front in 1914–1918, both sides constructed elaborate trench, underground, and dugout systems opposing each other along a front, protected from assault by barbed wire. The area between opposing trench lines (known as “no man’s land") was fully exposed to artillery fire from both sides.

Detailed explanation-3: -The terrible casualties sustained in open warfare meant that trench warfare was introduced very quickly. Trenches provided a very efficient way for soldiers to protect themselves against heavy firepower and within four months, soldiers on all fronts had begun digging trenches.

Detailed explanation-4: -European armies found themselves in a frustrating stalemate in the muddy trenches of France, Belgium, and Eastern Europe. On the Western Front, Germany, Austria, and Hungary faced down the Allies, France and Britain over barbed-wired No-Man’s Land running north to south over nearly the entire continent.

Detailed explanation-5: -trench warfare, Warfare in which the opposing sides attack, counterattack, and defend from sets of trenches dug into the ground. It was developed by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban in the 17th century for laying siege to fortresses. Its defensive use was first institutionalized as a tactic during the American Civil War.