The Importance Of Trench Warfare

To begin with, trench warfare was a new war tactic that baffled many generals since it was not implemented frequently in battles and they were not trained to fight under those circumstances. During the first month of World War 1, the French stopped German forces that were pushing through Belgium. The conflict between both sides was expected to be short but turned longer and bloodier as the first trenches were dug during the Battle of Marne on September 15, 1914. The Western Front eventually stretched from France through the North Sea Coast of Belgium. The trenches during World War extended 25,000 miles, 12,000 of those miles were occupied by the Allies and the rest belonged to the Central Powers. The front-line trench would be located 50 yards