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# Trench Warfare

[![Many people are surprised to see the images from the war in Ukraine of soldiers on both sides living and fighting in trenches. We think of trench warfare as uniquely associated with the horrors of Flanders and Gallipoli in the First World War.](https://www.universal-defence.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Trenches.jpg?width=365&name=Trenches.jpg) ](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/dig-or-die-trench-warfare-in-the-21st-century)

## [Dig or Die: Trench Warfare in the 21st Century](https://www.universal-defence.com/blog-old/dig-or-die-trench-warfare-in-the-21st-century)

Many people are surprised to see the images from the war in Ukraine of soldiers on both sides...

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