Trenches were long, narrow holes in the ground used to shelter soldiers in between the battles. These trenches were full of lice, rats and mud.
lice and rats
There were usually rats and lice in the trenches.
Very bad There was a lot of mud Toxic gases Smells like rats lice everywhere dead bodies on the floor
Rats.
Rats are Vermin creatures, who feed of the dead bodies of people who have died in war. Dead bodies in the trenches had to be taken far away to stop the rats coming to the trenches. All the soldiers hated the rats and used to beat them with spades for entertainment.
Humans carry two types of lice. The lice normally found in the trenches would be taken there by soldiers with bad cleanliness habits and spread among the others in close proximity.
it was hard, there was some good points about the trenches, they provided shelter. 1. MUD & RAIN 2. RATS 3. SHELLS 4. NO SANITATION 5. A SMALL SPACE YOU HAD TO SHARE WITH TENS OF PEOPLE
Lice lived on the humans and damned big well fed rats lived on the humans both dead and alive .
Rats and Lice, Trench foot and shell shock
There were rats, one could get trench-foot (from the moisture), you could be buried alive in an explosion, and many contracted lice (from rats) as well.
Mainly because lice often carry diseases. During and right after World War I, a disease called typhus killed millions of people, and it was primarily spread by lice.