The area where opposing armies meet and fight during a war; the line or zone of active combat.
Compound word from 'battle' (Middle English 'batel,' from Old French 'bataille') and 'front' (from Latin 'frons' meaning forehead or front). The term became common during WWI to describe trench warfare zones.
The battlefront in WWI was horrifyingly static—soldiers could see the enemy across no-man's-land but couldn't advance more than a few hundred yards in months. This stalemate forever changed military strategy!
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