Trench
A trench is a long, narrow ditch.
Trench warfare has often been used in defense. Entrenched soldiers can be somewhat safe from enemy fire. Trench warfare made World War I longer than expected. The trench coat got its name from there.
Several kinds of trench exist:
- Utility trench has pipes, wires, or other infrastructure
- Road trench carries vehicles
- Military trench provides shelter for soldiers shooting at each other
- Oceanic trench: For example, the Mariana Trench
- Rift valley
- Archaeological trench dug by archaeologists
Trench Media
- Atlantic-trench.JPG
Depiction of the topography of the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean
- Trench digger, Baku (P1090226).jpg
Automated trench digging on a street in Baku
- Archaeological dig, Rectory Farm, Brampton, Cambs - geograph.org.uk - 1304628.jpg
Archaeological trench on an English farm site
- Tuyuti1.jpg
Allied troops entrenched in the Battle of Tuyutí.
- Soldiers in trench.jpg
Soldiers in a trench during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I.
- Boer Trench.jpg
The Boer trench at the Battle of Magersfontein contributed to the surprise defeat of the Highland Brigade on 11 December 1899 during the Second Boer War.
- Snow at the front (4687960129).jpg
Soldiers in a trench on the Western Front in World War I in winter.
- UA EDM4S anti-drone rifle 01.jpg
A Ukrainian soldier, equipped with an anti-drone gun, in a trench during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.