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Goal: Protect from small arms fire and sheltered from artillery.

Mainly on the Western front

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Why would each side “dig in”?◦Think about the weapons*

Once each side was dug in… what could they do to get the advantage?

Led to frontal attacks which would lead to…

MASSIVE CASUALTIES

On an individual level, a typical British soldier's year could be divided as follows:

15% front line10% support line30% reserve line20% rest25% other (hospital, travelling, leave,

training courses, etc.)