I am doing a project and I am trying to find out what the difference is between trench warfare and a battle of movement. If you know the difference or know any websites that would help me please tell me. Thanks :-)|||Trench warfare is a form of occupied fighting lines, consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are largely immune to the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. It has become a byword for attrition warfare, for stalemate in conflict, with a slow wearing down of opposing forces.[1] Trench warfare occurred when a military revolution in firepower was not matched by similar advances in mobility, resulting in a grueling form of warfare in which the defense held the advantage. In World War I, both sides constructed elaborate trench and dugout systems opposing each other along a front, protected from assault by barbed wire. The area between opposing trench lines (known as "no man's land") was fully exposed to artillery fire from both sides. Attacks, even if successful, often sustained severe casualties as a matter of course.|||Other than the obvious, trench warfare is a defensive tactic that can support an army by avoiding battle in order to mitigate weaknesses. Those weaknesses are things like inferiority in numbers, poor terrain for combat, weak supply routes or weather related. The fact that an army sits behind a series of trenches can be a huge advantage in the face of a superior force - the Confederates at Petersburg in 1864/1865 comes to mind. When both forces use trenches; WW1, the war becomes static and drags on and on. According to the historian AJP Taylor, writing in his History of the First world War", the railways meant that a defensive army could bring up material and men faster than an offensive force could use their numbers across a battlefield. The defense will always be able to counter a mobile force as they can concentrate their forces within a defensive perimeter and deploy a waiting game.|||Well, it is rather obvious. Trench warfare is where the lines of battle, the "front lines", have become static and immovable due to neither side having sufficient strength to dislodge the opposing force from their positions. Stalemate. Battle of movement is something you would attribute to a tank battle, where the battle is fluid and can move either way at speed. Once off the beaches at D-Day the fighting became a "battle of movement" as the Allies pushed the Germans back.|||in battle of movement, 2 armies actively converge to each other and engage. in trench warfare, 2 sides dig trenches and stay put (normally), and have regular charges.|||You know that trenches don't move - so you already have your answer !

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