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Although trenches have been used in other wars before and since World War 1, armies in World War 1 could not move fast enough to carry through with an offensive, and they were easily pushed back by reinforcements brought in by railroad train. The war became static, turning into an artillery duel, and the machine gun became even more effective. The safest place to be was in a trench.

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