"Whilst asleep during the night, we were frequently awakened by rats running over us. When this happened too often for my liking, I would lie on my back and wait for a rat to linger on my legs; then violently heave my legs upwards, throwing the rat into the air. Occasionally, I would hear a grunt when the rat landed on a fellow victim."
They were huge, about the same size as a household cat and as the person above me quoted, soldiers would often find them in their beds or clothes.
The trenches were infamously overrun with rats - some were killed and cooked to supplement poor rations.
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.
there really wasnt trnch warfare in world war 2
they were red and discusting
Many soldiers used rats as entertainment. They would place a piece of food on the floor and when the rats came round they would all hit them with their spades. Strange but true.
There were usually rats and lice in the trenches.
No fun at all. Dirty. Muddy. Smelly. Wet. Cold. Disease. Rats. Yet, the trenches were the only places that offered a modicum of safety for soldiers in this war.
they slept in trenches with rats and other nasty animals
Horrible in the trenches there was flies dust mud dead bodies rats lice vomit and diarrhoea.
Cold, Wet, Muddy, Bloody, Dead Bodies, Rats, Little Food.
The Trenches were grotty , digusting and they had no room
The Trenches were grotty , digusting and they had no room
The trenches were infamously overrun with rats - some were killed and cooked to supplement poor rations.
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.
they stay in trenches and some day they feel like going back to their loved ones and then they die.the army live in trenches were there are rats
rats ate the dead bodies in the trenches and also carried round disease. soldiers made a game out of teasing them in with food then hitting and killing them. rats ate the dead bodies in the trenches and also carried round disease. soldiers made a game out of teasing them in with food then hitting and killing them.
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.