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Vine in 1914: Stalemate in the Trenches

By November 1914, the armies of the Allied Forces and the Central Powers found themselves locked in a stalemate along hundreds of miles of land throughout France and Belgium, which became known as the Western Front. This stalemate led to the development of a new kind of military engagement: trench warfare. Conditions were appalling for both sides, and yet they became a defining feature of the war, with troops occupying them for the next four years.

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