Tha Trench Warfare =]

WWI became a Trench Warfare mainly because it was the most beneficial way of fighting. It started off with the Germans, but then the British did the same because it was working for the Germans. From then on, All of Europe started testing this new way of fighting. The trenches provided protection and better mobilization. It was also inexpensive to build a trench. Although there was only two ways to go in the trenches, it still had a lot of effect against the enemy.

Weapons in the trenches included: Grenades, Bayonets, rifles, smoke and poisonous gases, and different types of shields. It was the ultimate way of fighting and protecting yourself. Although it had many advantages, it also had some disadvantages. For example, advancing on the enemy was strategic because it was safer but it took longer, you could not just charge in.

The first thing a new recruit would notice on the way to the Frontline was the smell, rotting bodies in shallow graves, men who hadn't washed in weeks because there were no facilities, overflowing cess pits, creosol or chloride of lime, used to stave off the constant threat of disease and infection. Cordite, the lingering odour of poison gas, rotting sandbags, stagnant mud, cigarette smoke, and cooking food. Although overwhelming to a new recruit, they soon got used to the smell and eventually became part of the smell with their own body odour. Death was everywhere in the trenches, it was almost impossible to avoid it. It was like hell on Earth. If the enemy did not kill you , then the rats and lice sure did. Rats were a constant companion in the trenches in their millions they were everywhere, gorging themselves on human remains (grotesquely disfiguring them by eating their eyes and liver) they could grow to the size of a cat. Lice also caused a vast amount of problems. Lice were a constant problem for the men breeding in dirty clothing they were impossible to get rid of even when clothes were washed and deloused there would be eggs that would escape the treatment in the seams of the clothes. Lice caused Trench Fever, a particularly painful disease that began suddenly with severe pain followed by high fever. Recovery - away from the trenches - took up to twelve weeks. It effected everyone. lloro por ellos

Nice battlefield description, gave me chills

That was beautiful

"It started off with the Germans, but then the British did the same because it was working"

i thought the French and British started the use of trench warfare to stop the Germans from advancing. Then, the Germans used it to hold their position and counter the Ally counter attack.