{"id":88615,"date":"2024-08-02T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=88615"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:40:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:40:55","slug":"why-ww1-turned-into-trench-warfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/08\/02\/why-ww1-turned-into-trench-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Why WW1 Turned Into Trench Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qrXmu6UdaT4?si=_Gfvnvl2lSOYjh9N\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished Apr 12, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Trench warfare is one of the lasting symbols of the First World War, especially on the Western Front. But when the war began, the German and French armies envisioned sweeping advances and defeating the enemy swiftly. So, how and why did the Western Front in 1914 turn into the trench system we associate with WW1?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SUPPORT THE CHANNEL<br \/>\nNebula: <a href=\"https:\/\/nebula.tv\/the-great-war\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/nebula.tv\/the-great-war<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00bb THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS<br \/>\nDavid Garfinkle, Raymond Martin, Konstantin Bredyuk, Lisa Anderson, Brad Durbin, Jeremy K Jones, Murray Godfrey, John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen R\u00f8ste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. 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