As conversation about British deployment in Ukraine continues, soldiers are having to sharpen their skills in trench warfare. The war in Ukraine has shown that trenches haven’t gone away in the 21st century but the last time British forces got involved in trench-to-trench fighting was the Falklands war in 1982. Then, in the 1990s, the focus in the Balkans was more on peacekeeping and intervention. The campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq saw a push for troops to go out and win over the hearts and