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| 1-3 of 3Trench warfare flashcard sets | |||
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| # | Title | Terms | Date |
| 1 | Trench Warfareby linluyen | 7 terms | September 17, 2009 |
| 2 | Social Studies HW due 2/27/09; Trench Warfareby sleepnix | 6 terms | February 26, 2009 |
| 3 | WWI Trench Warfare by jmrob | 38 terms | May 11, 2008 |
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| trench warfare definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | war from inside trenches enemies would try killing eachother with machine guns and tanks, and poison gas | 66 sets | |
| 2 | fighting with trenches, mines, and barbed wire. horrible living conditions, great slaughter, no gains, stalemate, used in wwi. | 43 sets | |
| 3 | type of fighting in which both sides dig trenches and attempt to overrun the enemy's trenches | 18 sets | |
| 4 | form of fighting whereby two sides fight each other from opposing trenches | 15 sets | |
| 5 | fighting between fortified ditches | 11 sets | |
| 6 | fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire | 5 sets | |
| 7 | fighting in ditches dug in the ground. it was how each side in ww1 fought | 5 sets | |
| 8 | type of fighting in which both sides dig trenches and attempt to overrun the enemies trenches | 4 sets | |
| 9 | defending a position by fighting from the protection of deep ditches | 4 sets | |
| 10 | a type of warfare that occured in the western front after miles of trenches were dug in an attempt to protect themselves from the enemy | 3 sets | |
| 11 | war from inside trenches enemies would try killing each other with machine guns and tanks, and poison gas | 3 sets | |
| 12 | a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield. | 3 sets | |
| 13 | opposing side's attack from the ditches instead of an open battlefield. | 3 sets | |
| 14 | soldiers spent day after day shelling the enemy | 3 sets | |
| 15 | very intense, nothing ever happens | 2 sets | |
| 16 | type of fighting in which both sides dig trenches and attempt to overrun the enemy's trenches. | 2 sets | |
| 17 | a | 2 sets | |
| 18 | the primary tactic of foot soldiers in wwi where they would dig trenches about five feet deep and then stand in them while firing at their enemy. (the trenches were often wet and did not allow an easy escape if overrun by their enemy.) | 2 sets | |
| 19 | type of warfare during ww1 on the western front | 2 sets | |
| 20 | soldiers spent day after day shelling the enemy. then, on ordershyhe troops charges bravely "over no man's island." | 2 sets | |
| 21 | underground network linker bunkers, trenches and gun emplacements | 2 sets | |
| 22 | soldiers spent day after day shelling the enemy. then, on ordershye troops charged bravely "over no man's land" | 2 sets | |
| 23 | soldiers spint day after day shelling the enemy in the hole in the ground | 2 sets | |
| 24 | a form of warfare where both combatants have fortified positions and fighting lines are static. it arose when a revolution in fire power was not matched by similar advances in mobility. | 2 sets | |
| 25 | fighting behind rows of trenches, mines and barbed wire, the cost in lives was staggering and the gains in territory minimal. (895) | 2 sets | |
| 26 | a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield | 2 sets | |
| 27 | warfare in which both side dig trenches and one side tries to overrun the opposing side's trenches | 2 sets | |
| 28 | form of combat in which soldiers dug deep ditches to seek protection from enemy fire and to defend their positions (2 words) | 2 sets | |
| 29 | soldiers fight from trenches and die from artillery guns and most of all rats/diseases | 2 sets | |
| 30 | the use of deep ditches to shelter troops in battle | 2 sets | |
| 31 | system of fighting where soldiers fought eachother from trenches | 2 sets | |
| 32 | trench warfare is a form of warfare where both combatants have fortified positions and fighting lines are static. trench warfare arose when a revolution in fire power was not matched by similar advances in mobility. | 2 sets | |
| 33 | armies fighting each other from a distance away from trenches | 2 sets | |
| 34 | soldiers fire on one another from opposing lines of dugout trenches | 2 sets | |
| 35 | holes from which soldiers fought in wwi; spent day after day in these trenches and waited to charge onto "no man's land" | 2 sets | |
| 36 | armies lost huge numbers to gain small areas of land. | 2 sets | |
| 37 | fighting from ditches protected by barbed wire. | 2 sets | |
| 38 | where armies would fight in trenches just for mere yards on ground. the area between trenches was known as "no man's land." many men died, and conditions were horrible. it was basically a slaughter, because the enemy could pick off men in the charge when they were in no-man's land. | 2 sets | |
| 39 | a form of warfare in which opposing armies fight eachother from trenches dug in the battlefield. | 2 sets | |
| 40 | fighting from trenches | 2 sets | |