WORLD WAR 1 -TRENCH WARS Flashcards
HOW MANY KM OF TRENCHES WERE THERE
9600
name 8 problems that they had in the trenches
- little sleep
- no proper chance to wash
- lice nits rats flies frogs
- disease
- trench foot
- freezing temp
- smell dead bodies, overflowing toilets ,rotting sand bags
- poisonous mustard gas
what diseases did thy get
cholera dysentery typhus pneumonia bronchitis
what is trench foot
it is a fungal infection from damp feet
what did they eat
bully beef
bread
biscuits
tinned Irish stew
what kinds of food where known to be a treat
bacon
cheese
jam
what drink were thy given in summer an in winter
summer- lime juice
winter -rum
name some daily duties that they had
weapon cleaning
refilling sand bags
fetching supplies
emptying toilets
what us is shell shock
a form. of mental breakdown caused by constant death , comrades bleeding in misery and noise of gun fire
what was done to the soldiers who suffered from shell shock
they were taken to hospitals in England and they no more served as soldiers
name soem symptoms of shell shock
1.dihorrea
2 anxeity
stomach cramps