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They were so hard to attack because you had soldiers in them shooting at you. While in the trenches the soldiers were almost invulnerable to gunfire. The only way to attck a trench was for the other side to leave there trench, run through No Man's Land, the center wasteland between the two opposing trenches. You would run from crater to crater created artillery fire trying to avoid getting shot by the enemy or even your old team. You were considered lucky to makee to one of these craters, or foxholes, in one piece. from there you would charge straight towards the enemy trench trying not to get shot. That was an almost inpossible thing to do. If you got in the trench you would need to move through and kill everyone. If you made it that far you would be by yourself because most likely the rest of your squad died. Once in a trench you could not fire straight down it to kill everyone because most trenches were dug in a zigzag formation mainly to prevent that. By doing this trying to attcak an enemy trench, you were going on a suicide mission.

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Brendan A. Sergel

10/17/10

Charlton MA, USA

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