Studying Trench Warfare with the Aid of an Intricate Model
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Studying Trench Warfare with the Aid of an Intricate Model
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Studying Trench Warfare with the Aid of an Intricate Model
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Caption: A model of a modern trench systems looks like a picture puzzle; but each kink and twist has a meaning on its own
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THE art of constructing entrenchments
has become a science of hitherto
undreamed of possibilities. Never be-
fore was
trench war
conducted
on such a
large scale.
Its develop-
ment, in-
fluenced by
modern
improve-
ments and
changes in
weapons,
tactics,
and condi-
tions, has
become so
intricate
that a
special
course of
study, em-
bodying
the prineci-
ples and
endless details of trench fighting had to be
devised for the officers and non-commis-
sioned officers who are to enter service
at the front. The accompanying pic-
ture shows how the non-commissioned
officers in training at Camp Grant, Ill.,
are taught the intricacies of modern
trench warfare by means of
a model representing the
most advanced ideas of
trench construction
as practised by the French
engineers on the West
front.
The trench-lines of the
sector shown seem like a
picture puzzle. Their ap-
parently artless irregularity
is not a matter of chance.
It is based upon sound
scientific principles, and
there is a good reason for
every kink and twist. The
different features of trench
fighting must be studied
in detail.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1918-08
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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217
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Filippo Valle
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 93, n. 2, 1918
