Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied lines largely comprising military trenches, in which combatants are well-protected from the enemy's...

In trench warfare, a traverse is an adaptation to reduce casualties to defenders occupying a trench. One form of traverse is a U-shaped detour in the trench...

geotechnical engineering, trenches serve for locating faults and investigating deep soil properties. In trench warfare, soldiers occupy trenches to protect them...

in the winter of 1812. Trench foot was an informal name applied to the condition from its prevalence during the trench warfare of World War I. Health...

media portrayals. Trench rats are often viewed with a pessimistic connotation associated with the worst of trench life and warfare, especially in their...

of Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare and the use of artillery, machine guns, and chemical weapons (gas)....

Trench raiding was a feature of trench warfare which developed during World War I. It was the practice of making small scale night-time surprise attacks...

The Winchester Model 1897, also known as the Model 97, M97, Riot Gun, or Trench Gun, is a pump-action shotgun with an external hammer and tube magazine...

equipment used to dig trenches, especially for laying pipes or electrical cables, for installing drainage, or in preparation for trench warfare. Trenchers may...

using innovative technology and a number of improvised weapons used in trench warfare. Military technology of the time included important innovations in machine...

these fabricated trench knives were used in defensive close-quarters trench warfare, and such fighting soon revealed limitations in existing designs. A...

soldiers on the Western front involved in trench warfare were forced to deal with freezing conditions, trench foot, frostbite, and disease. The winter...

earlier stages of trench warfare was to shell an enemy trench line, at which point friendly infantry would leave the safety of their trenches, advance across...

Passchendaele, in 1917, with 487,000 casualties. To break the deadlock of the trench warfare on the Western Front, both sides tried new military technology, including...

found themselves in need of resolving the static situation caused by trench warfare on the battlefield. Two concepts can be identified with the attempt...

the latter stages of World War I, made for the cold mud of trench warfare. The 1917 Trench Boot was an adaptation of the boots American manufacturers...

a feature of trench warfare. Machine guns were placed in groups, called machine-gun nests, and they protected the front of the trenches. Many people died...

support units. The doctrine of armored warfare was developed to break the static nature of World War I trench warfare on the Western Front, and return to...

Trench fever (also known as "five-day fever", "quintan fever" (Latin: febris quintana), and "urban trench fever") is a moderately serious disease transmitted...

Sirynx. The oldest known sources about employing tunnels and trenches for guerrilla-like warfare are Roman. After the Revolt of the Batavi, the insurgent...

operations, and strategies that were used by the belligerents. This led to trench warfare and encouraged efforts to break the resulting stalemate at the front...

the Shell Crisis of 1915. Where the stalemate of trench warfare took hold, special narrow gauge trench railways were built to extend the rail network to...

to defensive forces, First World War trench warfare briefly revived a form of siege warfare. Although siege warfare had moved out from an urban setting...

counter-battery fire. Tenacious fighting on the ground ensued, reminiscent of the trench warfare of World War I. At times, the French repulsed Viet Minh assaults on...

opponent. By the time of early modern warfare, defensive firepower made this tactic increasingly costly. When trench warfare developed to its height in World...

several anti-war works by Dix in the 1920s, inspired by his experience of trench warfare in the First World War. The painting was immediately controversial when...

to technological development. The second generation saw the rise of trench warfare, artillery support, more advanced reconnaissance techniques, extensive...

technology to the problem of keeping soldiers supplied during the static trench warfare phase of World War I. The large concentrations of soldiers and artillery...

Sturmtruppen. Hand-to-hand combat Trench warfare Trench clubs from the collection of Imperial War Museums Photo of hob-nailed trench club in a private collection...

mounted on vehicles. Modern flamethrowers were first used during the trench warfare conditions of World War I and their use greatly increased in World War...