Sentences with 'trench'
Example sentences and phrases with the word trench and other words derived from it.
• « Things were different in the east, however. In contrast to the essentially static nature of trench warfare on the Western Front, the Russian, German and Austrian armies in the east were highly mobile, sometimes crossing hundreds of miles in an attempt to outflank their enemies. »
• « Unlike most veterans of the war, Hitler experienced combat and trench service as exhilarating and satisfying, and had no compassion; later, during World War II, he shocked his own generals by his callousness in expending German lives to achieve symbolic military objectives. »
• « The most important lesson German strategists had learned from World War I was how to overcome trench warfare. After years of stalemate, Germany had managed to break through the French and British lines on the western front right at the end of the first war, before they were pushed back by the onslaught of American troops. »