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Trench Warfare was a type of land warfare used during World War 1. This type of warfare was fought across the Western Front, and the trenches were long narrow ditches dug into the ground where the soldiers lived all day. The main focus of digging and fighting in the trenches were to give some protection from enemy artillery and small arms fire. Daily life in the trenches were not pleasant at all; it was very muddy and smelly, rat infested, and held many diseases such as trench foot. Soldiers who served in the trenches only got sleep during the daylight in the afternoon, and for only one hour at night. This was the main purpose and daily life of trench warfare.

Trench warfare consisted on three main sides: one country's side, no mans land, and the other country's side. On the country's sides, the front lines of trenches were held by machine guns and barbed wire. The lines of resistance were held in lines two, three and four where defending troops were held preventing any break in from the other side. Armies during the war would try to break through the other trenches by using infantry assaults, with the other army using intense artillery bombardments. No mans land was the space in between the two country's sides, amd it was mainly used for attempting to attack the other armie. During the time of the end of the war, the trenches introduced its greatest defense: the tank. The tank was made for defending the trenches, and was big enough for riding over then without falling in. These were the tactics, equipment, and spots of trench warfare during World War One.