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Trenchfoot, dysentery, and trenchfever.
For the men in the trecnches the conditions were not good and lots of them caught diseases. Because the trenches were very wet and muddy, it encouraged rats to come. The rats fed off the corpses of the soldiers or the horses. The rats spread diseases, the most common was, trench fever which the lice also spread and trench foot which was caused by wet, cold feet. Trench foot made your feet go very red, swollen and made them very painful.
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What are some informative websites about world war 1 diseases?
http://www.firstworldwar.com/ http://www.vlib.us/medical/ http://www.ralphmag.org/CG/world-war-one1.html
What kind of diseases did the soldiers get in world war 1?
Aids
What disease hit the US after World War II?
World War 2 diseases I am not familiar with, but the Spanish flu was an epidemic around the world at the end of World War 1.
What were the diseases that the enlisted soldiers of Australia experienced during World War 1?
Pneumonia
What was the health like in World War 1?
Not as good as it is now (2010) It was dirty and caused diseases
Why did romania's soilders die in world war 1 more than they were wounded?
The cause was infectious diseases.
What were some problems in America after World War 1?
world war 2
What type off diseases were there in World War 1 please answer quickly i need it for my homework?
Gangrene, hepatitis, and trenches
Why diseases did rats carry in world war 1?
the diseases caught by soldiers were nephritis, an inflammation of the kidney, and dysentery, the inflammation of the lining of the large intestines.
Did people call World War 1 that before World War 2 began?
It was most commonly known as "The Great War". It was the first time in history that more people died in war as a result of injuries than diseases.
What were the main diseases in world War 1?
The Spanish flu was the main disease during world war 1. Over 20 million people died from it. Between 50-100 million could have died from this disease.
What are some of the similarities between World War 1 and World War 2?
it was very bad
