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23 hours agoWhich Weapons Helped Win WWI?
British forces in WWI used a mix of reliable rifles and increasingly destructive machine guns and other innovations to gain advantage in trench warfare.
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1 month agoTrench Warfare on WWI's Western Front
The trench warfare of the Western Front during the First World War (1914-18) involved soldiers living and dying in an awful mix of mud, filth, and barbed wire. Trench systems became more sophisticated in layout as the conflict dragged on but remained rudimentary holes in the ground as entire armies attempted to shelter from artillery, gas, machine-gun, and infantry attacks.
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