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The living condintions in the trenches was very unhealthy for soliders. There were rats all over the trenches that were the remains of dead soliders and also eating what little food soliders had. These rats grew to be the size of small house cats. Many soliders tried to kill off the rats by shooting them or hitting with shovels. But the soliders did not win the battle with the rats becasue just one rat can produce 900 offspring in one year. So the rats were constantly producing.
Soliders also had to constantly fight with lice. Lice would breed in the soliders dirty clothes. Even when the clothes were washed some of the lice eggs some how escaped and made it through the treatment. Lice also caused the Trench Fever, which is a very painful diease. It causes severe pain also causes a very high fever. But the only way that a solider could recover from Trench Fever was to get away from the trenches and that took up to about 12 weeks. But it was not discovered until 1918 that the lice was cause of trench Fever.
Life in the Trenches during World War I
Health in the Trenches
More than 80,000 men suffered from Shell Shock. Some symptons where: headaches, lack of concentration, tiredness, giddiness. Many soliders later suffered from mental breakdowns.. Which made it impossible for them to contuine on the front line. Doctors believe that Shell shock was cause from an unbalenced cerebro-spinal fluid , which makes it hard for the brain to work normally.
Shell Shock
How the solider's felt
Solider's called WWI Hell on Earth because they knew that there was death everywhere they went and with everything they did. many soliders feared that they would die in their sleep because the Germanys would throw poison gases, bombs, dieases and bullets from snipers. So the chances of every making it home were very slim.
Men in the Trenches
Men at the Front lines
Sniper
Dead Soliders
