The widespread use of machine guns and rapid-firing artillery pieces on the Western Front during World War I meant that any exposed soldier was vulnerable. Protection from enemy fire could only be achieved by digging into the earth. Assaults were carried out across “No Man’s Land” between the opposing trenches.
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