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in the trenches
Basically, to shelter troops from enemy attack.
Thousands of men died in trenches Thousands of men died in trenches
trenches were ditches dug for protection of troops from machine-gun fire and bombs. they were also called "fox holes"
Much of the war was fought in trenches.
Trench warfare used several different types of trenches. Firing trenches were used by soldiers to protect themselves while firing their weapons at their enemy. Cover trenches were often built next to the firing trenches as a second line of defense in case the enemy captured the firing trench. Support trenches were used as rest areas for off-duty troops, who sometimes lived in dugouts excavated in the sides of the trench. A network of reserve and communications trenches was used to bring supplies and fresh troops to the front.
During World War I, "support trenches" were found throughout the theaters of the war wherever trench-lines were constructed. Running perpendicular and parallel both to the main defense-line trenches, support trenches enabled front-line troops to communicate with each other, receive supplies, and organize for coming battles without being in the line of fire of the enemy across the (often quite narrow) "no man's land" between enemy lines.
they slept in trenches with rats and other nasty animals
Trench Foot
The machine-gun .
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Both sides played football.