P5+Trench+Warfare

Trench Warfare Life in the trenches was so unpleasant for the British troops in World War I. Some of the reasons because they were likely to catch a disease in the trenches, some of the diseases were common diseases such as a cold or flu but some diseases were deadly such as Trench Foot or Trench Fever. The cause of Trench Foot was that the trenches were the soldiers were living were usually wet, so the soldiers clothes became wet and the soldiers did not have any change of clothes so all the water in their socks made mould grow on their feet, this mould usually grew until the soldier had to amputate his entire foot, knee or possibly their entire leg. Trench Fever was spread by lice. Other reasons were that food was rationed and sometimes soldiers did not get enough food, also because of the war, dead bodies would be lying around the trenches, sometimes the bodies would be eaten by rats this could be linked to the diseases in the trench. Also some of the rats ate the food in the trenches; this was one of the reasons for there not being enough food for the soldiers. Beyond all that they got killed by other soldiers. Some of the troops didn’t all die because of food but by other soldiers and by the sickness that was in trenches. The only way that the troops would find them in the dark is if they lifted their heads up and they would see them and then they would shoot. They way that they wouldn’t get shot is if they put their hats on the top of their guns and lifted it up and see which direction the shot is coming from. And in their spare time when they had nothing to do they would play cards, talk to each other, write letters home and sleep.