What what some off the problems in trenches in ww1?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/17/2019

Trenches could collapse while under shellfire and bury the soldiers who sought safety in the trench , water and mud collected in the bottom resulting in a condition called "Trench Foot" and trenches encouraged the rat population to proliferate because of the filthy conditions where the rats could feed upon the dead in other trench systems .

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