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trench ˈwar·fare N no pl

trench warfare

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This model was ideal for close combat and was efficient in trench warfare due to its 20 inch cylinder bore barrel. en.wikipedia.org

The two teams were said to have waged unrelenting trench warfare. en.wikipedia.org

Combined arms tactics where infantry, artillery, armour and aircraft cooperate closely greatly reduced the importance of trench warfare. en.wikipedia.org

In 1918, staff officers who had been trained exclusively for static trench warfare were forced to adapt to the demands of semi-open warfare. en.wikipedia.org

Once trench warfare set in, their role disappeared. en.wikipedia.org

Following the successful offensive, the front soon froze again in trench warfare. en.wikipedia.org

He spent much of the next five years in trench warfare, an experience which left him mentally and physically scarred. en.wikipedia.org

The two opposing armies faced each other for nine days of trench warfare, in some places only yards apart. en.wikipedia.org

Much of the combat involved trench warfare, in which hundreds often died for each yard gained. en.wikipedia.org

Once the war entered the static phase of trench warfare, the number of lethal head wounds that troops were receiving from fragmentation increased dramatically. en.wikipedia.org

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