WWI American troops train for trench warfare in France
WWI American troops train for trench warfare in France
The GOP Congressional Leadership need to go to these Polish trenches to learn the finer points of trench warfare ...A trench can easily become a grave very quickly.
I spent some time in trenches in Bosnia before the Dayton Accords were signed. It was like a trip back to 1918 in almost every respect, except that in trench dugouts, commanders and their staff were preparing orders on laptops and emailing them to corps headquarters. They were using common field wire and 1200 baud modems to send the files.
The French soldiers are from a regiment of Chasseurs Alpins, their mountain troops. I suspect the photo is from the region of Belfort, so the US soldiers may be from the 29th or 88th divisions that held sectors of the line here. This was mountain country hence the stone parapets.
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The politicians have done a smashing job taking arms out of the hands of those that would use them against said politicians. We will be relegated to semi-auto from trenches and no magazine will hold more than 3 rounds... and NO GREEN TIP M855 for YOU, plebians... Meanwhile the Federal drones will be sending over mustard gas.
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Trenches work very well. On the East slope of Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg, General George Green ordered his NY Brigade to stack arms and start digging. Hours later, his trenches were complete with head logs, firing ports and firing steps. About 5 pm or so Allegheny Johnson’s Confederate Division attacked Green. They were stopped dead in their tracks. Steuart’s Brigade worked their way onto Green’s right flank in front of a perpendicular trench that Green did not have the manpower to fill. Just as Steuart was launched his attack on Green’s flank, a Yankee regiment from another Brigade piled into the empty trench. They stopped Steuart’s assault cold. Had Green not entrenched, Johnson may have been able to capture the East slope of Culp’s Hill that afternoon.