• Trench warfare was a tactic used most during the Great War, and to a far lesser extent during the Second World War.
• In trench warfare both sides dig out large trench networks, which provide protection from enemy fire and artillery. In-between the trenches of both sides would be large area called “no man’s land”, which would be littered with corpses, craters and barbed wire.
• The condition of trenches would usually be terrible, being filled with mud and water, and infested with rats.
• Disease and illness was very common among the soldiers who lived in trenches, due to harsh conditions and poor hygiene.
• Soldiers would run out of their trenches to go on an attack, usually get mowed down by enemy artillery and machine guns, and then retreat and defend from an enemy counterattack.
• With the defensive capability of trenches it was very difficult to make an advance, usually leading to attrition warfare, slowly wearing down the opponent.