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GCSE History · key term
A trench connecting different trench lines, allowing soldiers, messages and supplies to move between them with some protection.
Used by Edexcel
Paper 1
Revise: The British Sector and the Trench SystemCommunication trenches linked these lines. Soldiers could use them to carry messages and supplies or move between positions without travelling entirely across exposed ground. They also provided routes for moving wounded men away from the front.
Distinguish communication trenches, which connected trench lines, from the wider transport infrastructure of roads, railways and canals.
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