For Protection, sleeping, shooting, grenade throwing and eating (sometimes).
If you are talking about trench warfare, it was popular in many wars but especially in WW2.
the trenches were not easy to build simply because it took months and months to dig and lay it all out because they wanted the trenches to go for miles and miles on end. >.<
a battalion runner was a solider in the world wars who ran messages from the main office (which where behind the trenches) to the front of the trenches where the message would then be passed down the rest of the trenches. this was a very dangerous job and many people died fact - Hitler was a very successful battalion runner in ww1
No. Trenches were used in wars as far back as history is recorded. Trenches were used in the Revolutionary war in the US. Some of these trenches can still be seen at the scene of some battlefields such as Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and Yorktown Virginia.
Although trenches continued to be dug and used in successive wars, trench warfare as seen in WW1 has not been repeated since November 11, 1918.
i would have to say it is the same as all wars. the human mind.
They used shovels and picks to dig out the trenches.
It was ground artillery wars that led to the construction and use of trenches in combat. These trenches provided military members with an adequate area to position themselves against opposing forces that took them out of the direct line of hand artillery.
You build a factory
During WWI the dead whether in the trenches or in "No Man's Land" were left there until the Wars end. Bodies were still being found even after a decade.
Their military uniforms.
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