#trench warfare

• Aisne — A geographical proper noun of Gallo-Roman origin designating an important river in northern France (a tributary of the Oise), as well as the homonymous French department located in the Hauts-de-France region, with its capital at Laon. In universal military history, the Aisne river valley is recognized as a strategic and bloody theater of operations during World War I, including the battles of 1914, 1917 (the Nivelle Offensive), and 1918, events that structurally marked the transition to trench warfare on the Western Front.