Soldiers dug trenches to be below ground level. If they were shot at, the trench provided cover to hide in. Larger trenched areas were constructed to impede the progress of advancing vehicles, like troop carriers, trucks and early tanks. They were also ideal places to hide in and wait for the opposing army to arrive, and then ambush them from a protected place, while the enemy had no cover to hide in.
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).
Soldiers dug trenches to be below ground level. If they were shot at, the trench provided cover to hide in. Larger trenched areas were constructed to impede the progress of advancing vehicles, like troop carriers, trucks and early tanks. They were also ideal places to hide in and wait for the opposing army to arrive, and then ambush them from a protected place, while the enemy had no cover to hide in.
in the trenches
the trenches affected the soldiers during ww1 ww2 by supplying some cover for the soldiers and they were also a living hell because they held water and were often soaked by blood from fallen comrades
They might like the protection and the loophole saw
The soldiers would hide in the trenches and fire at the enemy.
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.
It was a 'chicken and egg' situation. One side's soldiers were in the trenches to stop the other side's soldiers in their trenches from getting any advantage,.
No. The soldiers did not bathe unless it rained and they bent to the bathroom in the trenches.
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Trenches
with rifles
In trenches
There is no question that trench warfare is exceptionally horrible, and all soldiers who were in the trenches did not enjoy the experience.
Nothing. Maybe the comfort of his fellow soldiers, but they didn't have anything to keep them calm in trenches.