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If you mean diseases, you could catch hypothermia, athletes foot, a terrible cold, cancer from wounds which have not been treated properly and loads others due to trench conditions as they were horrible!

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Some of the diseases you can get from trenches are, Shell Shock, Trench Foot, ICT (tummy bugs) and Lice. Lice can cause trench fever and typhus. People also can get burns and/or blindness from mustard gas.

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How much did trenches protect soldiers?

The soldiers would hide in the trenches and fire at the enemy.


What illness's did you get in trenches?

Shell shock (mental illness caused by everyday bombing and horrific scenes) Trench foot (where soldier's feet swelled up and were red, raw and very painful, caused by the icy water soaking through their boots and the coldness of the trenches.) Lice and mice carried diseases and when they bit the soldiers, they passed on the disease. Some could be deadly Contaminated water was also often drank by the soldiers in the trenches, which sometimes resulted in getting diseases and flu.


Who dug the trenches in World War 1?

The soldiers themselves dug out the trenches.


Where did soldiers sleep in Gallipoli?

In trenches


What were soldiers given to keep them calm in the trenches?

Nothing. Maybe the comfort of his fellow soldiers, but they didn't have anything to keep them calm in trenches.

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What kinds of gas was used in World War 1 against soldiers in the trenches?

Mustard Gas


How much did trenches protect soldiers?

The soldiers would hide in the trenches and fire at the enemy.


What was a typical day for soldiers in trenches?

the typical day for the soldiers was when they had to stay in their trenches because it was snowing and it was freezing outside


What illness's did you get in trenches?

Shell shock (mental illness caused by everyday bombing and horrific scenes) Trench foot (where soldier's feet swelled up and were red, raw and very painful, caused by the icy water soaking through their boots and the coldness of the trenches.) Lice and mice carried diseases and when they bit the soldiers, they passed on the disease. Some could be deadly Contaminated water was also often drank by the soldiers in the trenches, which sometimes resulted in getting diseases and flu.


Why did the soldiers live in the trenches?

Because the deep trenches protected them from bullets and shell fragments that were fired at the soldiers and so that the soldiers could be be seen (as targets).


What mental illness's did you get in the trenches?

Bob Saget


Who dug the trenches in World War 1?

The soldiers themselves dug out the trenches.


Why were solders in the trenches?

It was a 'chicken and egg' situation. One side's soldiers were in the trenches to stop the other side's soldiers in their trenches from getting any advantage,.


What were the conditions for soldiers in the trenches?

Bad


Ditches from which soldiers fought?

Trenches


How did the soldiers fight from the trenches?

with rifles


Where did soldiers sleep in Gallipoli?

In trenches