Ww1 Trench Warfare

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World War 1 was a conflict fought between industrialised countries equipped with modern weapons. It saw the rise of powerful weaponry such as heavy artillery, machine guns and airplanes. The war created thousands of casualties and deaths mostly caused by the harsh conditions of trench warfare and battle wounds. Nurses and doctors were provided in the Trenches to help with infections and diseases. During the beginning of the war, most soldiers carried only rifles and bayonets, however, as the war progressed, armies used a wider variety of weapons to better equip their troops for trench fighting and attacks across No Man’s Land. These weapons included grenades, rifle grenades, mortars, and several types of machine-guns. Many of the war’s most fearsome inventions, including poison gas and tanks, were intended specifically to aid armies on the attack and by 1917-1918 they were being used effectively to break into and out of enemy trench lines …show more content…

Lack of sleep and poor living conditions effected soldiers’ health and stamina. Oversized rats, roamed around food and waste of stationary armies, spreading diseases faster. Many of the other diseases were caused as a result of whether change, lack of hygiene and the tainted environment. Some diseases were as small as a cold; however, some were as deadly as the Shell Shock or the Trench Foot. The unsanitary conditions of trench life, especially the cold, persistent dampness, resulted in trench foot, a frost-bite-like infection that in extreme cases, led to gangrene and amputation. Trench ware fare lead to many unfortunate outcomes and

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