Trench Warefare in WWI

World War 1 Trenches

During WWI many new weapons and new ways of fighting developed. Most of the weapons were developed because of the industrial revolution.

Before WWI most warfare took place in open areas with soldiers lined up in a straight line.  WWI was the first modern ware. With the development of more accurate and longer ranged weapons soldiers had to have ways to defend themselves. This is how trench warfare came about.

Around the beginning of the war German forces tried to quickly knock France out of the war, in attempt to quickly win the war.   Instead, they started a totally new kind of warfare.  During the Battle of the Marne, French, British and German armies got into a stalemate. Where neither side could gain any ground. So instead of retreating the soldiers dug down into the Earth, starting trench warfare.  The trenches along the western front were around 300