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Q: Why were both sides forced to dig trenches in 1914?
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What song was heard on both sides of the trenches on Christmas Eve 1914?

Silent Night


In which World War did fighting stop in the trenches and both fighting sides play football?

It was during World War 1 that fighting stopped in the trenches and both fighting sides played football. It was called the Christmas Truce and took place in 1914.


What was the series of trenches dug by both sides in northern France?

They were the western front. But the different trenches were front line trenches, communication trenches.


Why were there trenches in the first place?

I assume the question is about the trenches used in World War I? Both sides of the conflict reached a stalemate and dug protective trenches. The number of soldiers killed and maimed (on both sides) was tremendous and proved the futility and waste of warfare, as frontal attacks moved the front back and forth.


What were both sides on world war 1 dug into?

trenches... trench warfare.... what exactly do you need?


In 1914 during World War 1 many English and German troops agreed an informal truce on Christmas eve which sport did they famously play together in the land between the enemy trenches known as?

Both sides played football.


In 1914 during World War 1 many English and German troops agreed an informal truce on Christmas eve. which sport did they famously play together in the land between the enemy trenches known as no-man'?

Both sides played football.


Who dug the trenches in World War 1?

The soldiers themselves dug out the trenches.


What happen on Christmas in world war 1?

a cease fie in the trenches, soldiers from both sides put down their guns, and ate, drank and celebrated together before retunring to their trenches.


What conditions were there in the trenches?

Trench foot and dysentery were the major conditions found in the trenches. Filled with standing stagnant cold water, soldiers on both sides suffered from foot rot and lack of sanitation.


What did both sides invent to break deadlock in ww1?

gas attacks were used, eventually both sides ran out of equipment and men, so they used rapid machine gun fire into enemy trenches, it lasted for months


How and where the trenches were built?

By mid- to end-October 1914, the line of trenches stretched from the border of neutral Switzerland, through France and Belgium to the North Sea. The lines of the trenches would move forwards and backwards throughout the war, during offensives (or attacks) by both sides. In some areas, at the beginning of the war, trenches were no more than shallow ditches, or even interconnected shell holes. As the war of movement came to an end and the war of attrition began, the trenches became more and more advanced, both in depth, breadth and forms of construction. Materials commonly used to support the trenches (it's important to note that the majority of trenches were dug into the clay soil of that part of France) were wood, as in the limbs of trees and planks, sheet metal, sand bags, and concrete.