The Dangers of the Trenches Ww1

The living conditions in the trenches were very disgusting for the soldiers who fought for their countries. The trenches were not the best place

Trenches varied from eight to six feet in height. In these waterlogged trenches, there was a need for extra support wood boards were placed on the side and on the floor for a safe area for walking. The Soldiers stood no chance against the diseases. Body lice were among one of the diseases that traveled among the trenches the most. Body lice caused scratching and led to trench fever. Fifteen percent of sickness was from body lice (Simkin).Trench foot was another disease found in the trenches. After hours of standing in waterlogged trenches, the feet would begin to numb, change color, and swell, and this would soon result in amputation.

The diseases that most affected the soldiers,while they were fighting for a cause in the trenches were,Trench Foot,The Trench Influenza and Shell Shock.

World War I was known for its very slow-paced battle and the stage of stalemate. After advancing from Germany on France, battle turned into trench warfare. Trench Warfare is a defensive strategy in a field where the army stays in rows of trenches that were placed along the Western Front during the war. The use of trenches during the Great War was a very significant tactic during battle, by making soldiers hidden but exposed just enough to be able to attack the enemy. On a daily basis, life in the trenches was very scary and filled with horror. Death was upon the soldiers even if there was nobody attacking them. There was a continuous shell fire that would randomly take the lives of many. Some men died on their first day in the trenches, and very few were lucky to make it out unharmed. Shell fire was not the only issue in the trenches. There were plenty of diseases and infections spreading around like a wildfire. Many soldiers got infections and diseases that could not be treated such as Trench Foot or Trench Fever. Although trench warfare acts as a great defensive and offensive measure, it became very dangerous because of the many different causes of death including shell fire, diseases, and infections.

The soldiers undertook many different diseases and sicknesses, mentally and physically. The faced outbreaks of measles, small pox, malaria, pneumonia, or camp itch. Soldiers would get malaria when camping in damp areas surrounded by mosquitos, while camp

Intro: The life for the average soldier in the WW1 trenches was pretty horrible. They had to live in mud, fellow dead soldiers and lots of rats, some the size of your hand. Life of a soldier was very tough, having to see your best mate get shot and he left to rot. Any soldiers that made it out of the war would have suffered either shell shock or post-traumatic stress disorder and living with either of these would have been terrible.

The five sources that I have selected to help with my enquiry are photographs, an extract from a newspaper article and a soldier's diary. The reasons why I chose these five particular sources is because I believe that they are a wide variety of selections, dating back to many years, all ranging from the start of the war to the end of the war. However, one of my sources, the newspaper article, was published in 2008 so it is more of a recent source but still, very useful and effective.From my own knowledge I know the trenches were inhumane

Introduction: In our question about trench life I will tell you about 5 sources tell us about how trench life was really like during the First World War and what conditions were really like and what problems the soldiers had to face in there time in the trenches. In source A1 some soldiers have experienced diseases, self harming and mental health. ” some men who had enough would hurt themselves on purpose with a self inflicted wounds”.

One other very bad thing is the rats. We eat in the trenches, so we have to be very careful. The rats are disgusting and huge. We haven’t seen anything quite like

In “The Things They Carried”, chewing gum, candy, cigarettes, salt tablets, Kool-Aid packs, C rations, and two to three canteens of water were the essentials for everyday life. “Henry Dobbins, who was a big man, carried extra rations; he was especially fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake.” (O’Brien 95) The extra rations that Henry Dobbins carried could have been the extra motivation for him to stay healthy through the war. Good hygiene was a must during war. Jensen carried toothbrush, floss and trial size shampoos. He also used three pairs of socks and foot powder. He was determined to be protected from trench foot. History keeps reminding us over and over how important good hygiene is for our health. During the civil war many men died of infections for, high gene was not number one priority in fact solider didn’t shower in weeks or even months. In WWI the soldiers suffered from trench foot over 20,000 casualties resulting from trench foot were reputed to have been suffered by the British Army alone during the close of 1914. The symptoms of trench foot are when the feet become numb, swollen and turn red. Blisters and sores soon appear and the feet turn blue, then the sores get infected with fungi. In World War II Dysentery occurred it is caused by a bacterial or protozoan infection or infestation of parasitic worms, Symptoms of dysentery include frequent passage of feces and, in some cases, vomiting

One of the most common deaths was shellfire, some would be sniped down, others would be lounging out in the dugout and be killed, and some were just random, The most deaths that occurred in the war was sustained in the trenches, almost a third of the allies were killed in there, men were also killed by rats, there food being contaminated and that was just so many of them, thy tried to get rid of them with gunfire or clubbing them to death. Rats weren’t the only disease killing soldiers, it was the lice, they would breed in the soldier’s clothes and because of the heat they would hatch, they started the trench fever, soldiers would feel a sudden pain and then a high fever, the recovery would take 12 weeks out of the trenches. The other disease

For a soldier life would be a cold, dirty, monotonous cycle that seemed to never end. Soldiers would be living together in tiny spaces in all weather, so disease was common and was a terrible killer for the soldiers. Trenches would often flood, making the damp and perfect for rat that carried many deadly diseases and would eat the rations keeping the soldiers alive. One of the terrible diseases caused by the cold was called trench foot, this was a disease where the soldiers feet would turn black and toes would start falling off, this usually resulted in amputation.

During World War I, life in the trenches was a horrible living experience for soldiers due to abundant reasons. Firstly, health conditions in the trenches were severe and treatments and/or recovery was rare. Trench fever, a disease transmitted through lice, was a highly contagious disease in World War I. Soldiers lived in a closed, small space, so these lices were able to transfer to many other men without much effort. About 97% of the people who lived in the trench were said to be affected with lice. So, it can be estimated that most of these soldiers got trench fever. Trench fever, like any other other fever has symptoms like headache, cough, weakness, and many others. Living with a trench fever in the conditions of the trench warfare seems

The weather was different to what the soldiers were used to back under the hot Australian sun. Half way through the year the weather became hot. Plagues and diseases carried by fleas and flies, were spread around. Soldiers/Troops that arrived in perfect health conditions, were very soon seen developing and suffering from from health problems; dysentery, diarrhoea, gastroenteritis and infestations of lice. Water was supplied from Egypt, but it was never enough, therefore it was near impossible to keep clean, and stay hygienic. Germs, plagues and diseases were spread due to the lack of cleanliness. Toilets were large, deep holes in the ground. By October, troops experienced the harsh,bitter winter cold. This poor lack of hygiene, led to around 20% of the men sick from diseases. During the war the ANZACs had to face terrible conditions, from the constant noise of machine guns, bullets, cramped and dirty places, hunger, thirst, tiredness, deaths of soldiers, diseases, smell, unsanitary food.

They had to work in trenches for days on end with hardly any breaks. Walking around in the mud they began to lose their shoes which led to losing layers of skin. “I wondered what it might feel like to be wounded - to be killed! All through that night I never had a wink of sleep. My stomach would insist on rising to my throat to choke me each time I thought of some lurid possibility.