How World war one waf fought

The First World War started in August 1914 and ended on November the 11th 1918. During this time the weapons used changed dramatically and to cope with the change of weapons the tactics used had to change also so they could keep up with new and never seen before weapons of world war one.

Before world war one two apposing armies would line up with rifles and walk at each other shooting and whichever side had the best shots that army would win. Also, before trench warfare the battles were planed by both sides and organised and the soldiers lived miles away from the battle. But with the introduction of trench warfare the two armies would dig massive dug outs called trenches and these trenches were usually 1.8 to 2.4 meters deep and wide enough for two men to pass the trenches were always dug in a zig zag to avoid the enemy dropping trench mortars that would take out huge numbers of troops, the other simple reason was so the enemy could not easily fire a machine gun in a straight line ...