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
Depiction of the topography of the Puerto Rico Trench, the deepest part of the Atlantic Ocean
Automated trench digging on a street in Baku
Archaeological trench on an English farm site
Allied troops entrenched in the Battle of Tuyutí.
Soldiers in a trench during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I.
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.
Soldiers in a trench on the Western Front in World War I in winter.
A Ukrainian soldier, equipped with an anti-drone gun, in a trench during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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