World war 1
Trench warfare made the movement of troops difficult
The trench coat was made as an alternative to the great coat worn by French and British soldiers in WW1. Thomas Burberry made the first trench coat in 1920.
New and improved guns and artillery caused more casualties. Poison gas terrified soldiers. ... The Eastern front shifted over more area than the Western front, with less trench warfare and even more casualties.
The development of gas warfare, combined with the gatling gun, contributed to the casualties. The important thing to remember is that trench warfare was still the main combat style. When people used to rush trenches, individual rifles could not hold them back. The invention of the gatling gun made this tactic useless.
It added mobility in force and was a key element in Germany's Blitzkrieg. It made trench warfare obsolete.
Trench warfare, mustard gas
trench warfare was very rare during world war 2 and if any trenches were made it was to house MG crews
Trench Warfare, tanks, and improved firearms. Essentially, it was non-napoleonic warfare.
the characteristics of the trench warfare were that each so called "team" had faught the war from a trench that they had dug at the battle field. this had made it harder to kill people on the opposing side.
During World War I, yet true for any military conflict involved trenches, soldiers survived the trench-warfare conditions through a variety of means. Above all, they kept their heads down; that is, they made use of their below-ground position to avoid enemy bullets.
Trench Warfare. Both sides dug trenches and bombarded the other with shells (mini missile bombs). Occasionally one side would go 'over the top' and attempt to capture the enemy's trench by crossing No Man's Land. This was the area between the two front lines of trenches. This area was littered with bodies and craters made by the shells.
During WWI, in trench warfare, German armies dug holes in the ground that were 6 to 8 ft. tall, and wide enough that 2 soldiers could walk side by side at the same time! Trench warfare was fought by one group of soldiers advancing across no mans land to assault the enemy trench quickly, before returning to their trench to apply defensive fire on the enemy, who has retaliated by assaulting their trench. Then the enemy return once fire has ceased. Then they wait for the next move to be made.
Trench warfare is where two armies are at war, and they both are fighting from trenches, or long ditches in the ground. It is a very old type of warfare, but it was at it climax in WWI. After that the ability to fight on the move known as "Mobility" made trench warfare out dated. It is still taught to some extent for defending a small position. But for the most part it has been abandoned. Check wikipedia for Trench Warfare. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trench_warfare
World war 1
I do not believe that trench warfare was successful as a strategy because it made both sides sitting targets for disease and artillery fire. During times of the year when cold weather and rainy conditions were common, the trenches would fill with water and soldiers would be at risk of trench foot.
They are the first ironclad, steam powered, warships. They made wooden sailing vessels obsolete.