The soldiers would hide in the trenches and fire at the enemy.
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Barbed wire was used to protect the trenches.
The soldiers themselves dug out the trenches.
In trenches
Nothing. Maybe the comfort of his fellow soldiers, but they didn't have anything to keep them calm in trenches.
Trenches were dug to protect the soldiers from enemy bullets.
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yes they stopped bullets
They dug trenches to protect themselves from the weapons of the enemy. Turks vs. British
A correct but simplified answer:Because of the invention of machine guns and rapid firing and accurate artillery any person who was visible to the opposing side Died. To protect themselves the soldiers dug trenches to hide in.
It's left over from World War I - they fought in long trenches dug to protect the soldiers from enemy gunfire. If you're "in the trenches," you're figuratively in the middle of the battle, fighting man to man.
They werent as much of a target
Gas masks were developed to protect from the new gas warfare. Widespread use of trenches. Neither was terribly effective.
Barbed wire was used to protect the trenches.
the typical day for the soldiers was when they had to stay in their trenches because it was snowing and it was freezing outside
Because the deep trenches protected them from bullets and shell fragments that were fired at the soldiers and so that the soldiers could be be seen (as targets).
The soldiers themselves dug out the trenches.