For instance, given kilometres of trench networks which ran close to each other, sometimes only hundreds of meters apart, why did soldiers from each side not just begin digging new trenches towards the enemy from places across the length of their existing trench, so that they could eventually break through without sacrificing thousands of lives running across open killing fields?
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Running across no man’s lands wasn’t a guaranteed death sentence. Dudes made it across all the time. One of the major issues was that once across and taking the opponents trench. It was extremely difficult for exhausted attackers to prevent a counter attack and hold onto ground.
Pushing a trench across isn’t going to change that.
Running across no man’s lands wasn’t a guaranteed death sentence. Dudes made it across all the time. One of the major issues was that once across and taking the opponents trench. It was extremely difficult for exhausted attackers to prevent a counter attack and hold onto ground.
Pushing a trench across isn’t going to change that.
A) They did, they dug tunnels to go under the no-man’s land and blow up the enemy from below.
B) Your trenches are still always exposed to the enemy’s artillery. If they see you digging your trenches closer and closer to them, they’re not just going to wait for you to get to them. They’ll shoot artillery at you and blow you up.
A) They did, they dug tunnels to go under the no-man’s land and blow up the enemy from below.
B) Your trenches are still always exposed to the enemy’s artillery. If they see you digging your trenches closer and closer to them, they’re not just going to wait for you to get to them. They’ll shoot artillery at you and blow you up.
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