Origins & Development of Trench Warfare

Most people think that the whole of WW1 was fought from Trenches, this is not the case. When the war started all the armies tried to win by manoeuvre, it was only when they were stopped by the immense fire power available to both sides, that they went to ground. This short educational film shows how trench warfare developed.Once radios came fully into use in 1917 the armies reverted to manoeuvre.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• World War 1
• WW1
• trench
• trenches
• Ypres
• Somme
• 1914

[LastRussianEmporer]

Fake trench + bear traps = ???

[AutoJuniorBelgium]

I live in Ypres

By the way you say it like 'Wipres' not 'Iepe'

[jocamero1984]

Used this in my history class. Thanks so much!

[CapSicarius]

@MegaRudeness Actually the french fortress designer Vauban was the first man to build trenches as we know them, with interlocking fields of fire and shelters

[megatwingo]

@MegaRudeness

Ah, thanks for this interesting information!

[MegaRudeness]

@megatwingo They forgot to mention that Field Marshal French stole the idea of trenches from the Boers from the Anglo Boer Wars fought in South Africa in 1899!

[megatwingo]

Very interesting!

[gangstaz001]

my coursework is based on this!