How did soldiers cope with the conditions in the trenches?

Answer 1

Everything got bogged down. Motor vehicles and cannons and horses and men got up to their knees in goop and had great difficulty moving around. It was slow getting the wounded men out and dead bodies were left quite often where they fell and this caused the rats to breed and eat the bodies and disease spread. It was a mess.

Answer 2

The only saving grace from an extremely unsanitized trenches was the fact they stayed in them one week at a time. Please read the attaching link as to what they had to go through while in the trenches.

Answer 3

It was swampy in the trenches because of rain. All they had to eat was buiscuits that are supposed to be cooked first but they weren't. They were soggy blobs of bread. All photos and letters from family members were ruined because of water.

Answer 4

They didn't. The soldiers were constantly standing in a puddle of muddy water, and they didn't have time to sit down somewhere and relax. Because of the constant wet feet, the soldeirs ended up developing "trench foot" which was a disease that spread on the feet, meaning extreme pain, and in most cases the feet or legs had to be amputated. This killed many men in the war, just because of wet feet.

Answer 5

The soldiers would write letters home and write poems about their feelings. they would also have to cope with some unpleasent jobs like cleaning the toilet out.