P2+Trench+Warfare

TRENCH WARFARE
__DUG TRENCHES TO PROTECT FROM MACHINE GUNS__ TRENCHES WERE BUILT PROTECT FROM BOMBS there was a time in the war when they stopped to dig trenches LIFE IN THE TRENCHES WERE GROSS THERE WAS HUMAN WASTE lice frog’s dead bodies. Some men suffered from trench foot. It was a fungal infection of the feet caused by cold, wet and unsanitary trench conditions. It could turn gangrenous and result in amputation. Trench Foot was more of a problem at the start of trench warfare; as conditions improved in 1915 it rapidly faded, although a trickle of cases continued throughout the war. Men couldn’t stand up straight in the trenches they had to crouch down or else they would get there heads shot at. There was a sick ness called trench fever which was caused by lice. Men shaved there heads to prevent fro getting lice. Also there was rat infestation by the millions. Death was daily in the trenches. At the battle of Somme 200,000 men got sick or died from the use of poisonous gases.