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World War I Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban American Civil War: Union soldiers in trenches Fort Mahone, Petersburg, Virginia British soldiers in World War I uniforms sit in a trench along a dirt road; one officer uses a field telephone while another writes on a clipboard, issuing orders. World War I soldiers stand and sit in a trench at a machine gun station, surrounded by sandbags and rough shelter, appearing to be on alert but not in combat. Trench warfare World War I Two World War I soldiers wearing helmets crouch in a sandbag-lined trench, each holding a rifle, with supplies and wooden planks visible around them. trench warfare
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Invalidated site: Pressbooks - Science, Technology, and Society: A Student-Led Exploration - Trench Warfare in World War 1. Oct 19, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - Ukrainecast - Trench warfare: Fighting in the winter months. Jan 12, 2026
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Trench Warfare on WWI's Western Front. Dec 10, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Sydney Drive - Trench Warfare on Sydney's Footpaths. Nov 25, 2025
Add new Web site: 1914-1918-online - International Encyclopedia of the First World War - Warfare 1914-1918. Oct 02, 2025
Add new Web site: Great War Museum - The trench. Aug 21, 2025
Add new Web site: U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center - The World War I Allied Trenches. Jul 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Academia - Trench Warfare (PDF). May 16, 2025
Article revised. Mar 25, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 20, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - Ukrainecast - Trench warfare: Fighting in the winter months. Aug 18, 2024
Add new Web site: Imperial War Museums - Life in the trenches of the First World War. May 31, 2024
Add new Web site: The Loyal Edmonton Regiment Museum - Trench Warfare. Apr 19, 2024
Add new Web site: Pressbooks - Science, Technology, and Society: A Student-Led Exploration - Trench Warfare in World War 1. Jan 22, 2024
Add new Web site: 1914-1918 - International Encyclopedia of the First World War - Trench Warfare. Oct 18, 2023
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Trench Warfare. Jul 14, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Trench Conflict with Combatants and Infectious Disease. May 16, 2023
Add new Web site: National WWI Museum and Memorial - Trench Warfare. Apr 06, 2023
Add new Web site: National Park Service - Training for Trench Warfare. Oct 04, 2022
Removed media. Sep 23, 2021
Add new Web site: University of Houston - Engines of Our Ingenuity - Trench Warfare. Dec 29, 2020
Updated to mention the use of trench warfare in the Syrian Civil War and the War in the Donbas. Nov 07, 2019
Add new Web site: Alpha History - Trench warfare. Oct 24, 2019
Corrected display issue. Aug 09, 2017
Media added. Jun 23, 2015
Add new Web site: Maps of World - Trench Warfare in World War I. Dec 29, 2013
Added new Web site: Schoolshistory.org.uk - Trench Warfare. Apr 06, 2009
Media added. Mar 21, 2008
Article revised and updated. Nov 14, 2007
Article revised and updated. Aug 23, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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