sometimes the weather was the cause of disease, like trench foot where the soldiers were stood for hours on end in wet, cold and insanitary conditions. If it was left untreated, trench foot could turn gangrenous and result in amputation.
Because of all the wet mud. The soldiers got trenchfoot because the trenches were covered in mud. The soldiers had to stand in the mud for days on end! The mud is what caused it!
The soldiers would hide in the trenches and fire at the enemy.
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Soldiers faced many problems with the trenches and rough terran to a point that if they got slowed down, they could have been an easy target.
the typical day for the soldiers was when they had to stay in their trenches because it was snowing and it was freezing outside
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).
The soldiers themselves dug out the trenches.
In trenches
Trenches
with rifles
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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,.