Western Front – over 400 miles of trenches across Belgium and France

Trench Warfare – type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire

· Most offenses resulted in heavy casualties but gained little territory.

· Officially, the U.S. was a neutral country.

· However, we traded food, weapons, oil, steel, and other goods far more with the Allied Powers than with the Central Powers.

· Both the Allied Powers and Central powers used propaganda in order to support their cause by making their enemies seem savage.