Before World War I, the German army had already developed a plan to attack France. It is required to go through Belgium to the port cities of France and then attacking Paris from the south. The Germans planned to attack the Russian army in the East, with France defeated and the English reserves blocking their ability. But this plan did not work well for the plan, and the Germans and the French, dug in a trench on both sides, were tending towards the whole of France. Life in these trenches was miserable, dangerous, and tedious.
It was miserable because the dampness and death caused many unpleasant diseases and infestations. The cold mud of the trench floor often caused trench foot, a sometimes gangrenous condition that could require amputation. In the same conditions, rat infestation was easier. These rats, which could grow to the size of a cat, would eat the eyes and livers of the lying soldiers, crawl alive in their sleep, and infect eggs are often detained in clothing and finally excluded they cause, but they call the disease “Trench.” Unfortunately, no one knew what caused Trench Fever until the end of the war, so the armies were not more careful to prevent lice.
Obviously these protective conditions were responsible for many deaths, but the soldiers were also worried about the enemy. The guns on both sides fired at the trenches almost mutually. Many soldiers were killed by these cannons, including those who were buried alive from the ground in a shell that had been mostly fused. Especially in the early stages of the war, before the soldiers quickly learned about the state, snipers were also always a danger. Any soldier clumsy enough to stick his head through the ditch could be shot for his curiosity.
As much as he saw the death of soldiers every day, life in the trenches was repetitive and boring. In trenches and guards, etc., but in the trenches the soldiers were sometimes kept moving, because it was so laborious to go round. Soldiers usually had many hours a day. Perhaps we should thank the soldiers for extra time. Some of our best art writing about war comes from soldiers in the trenches on long leave.
Life in the trenches was bad, but better than life outside the trenches. On both sides, hundreds of thousands of men were drawn into the foreign trench and lost on the side of the war. Since the area between the trenches is covered with barbed wire, mines, artillery, and snipers, there is little cover. I wonder that so many have perished. As life in the trenches was much more preferable to certain death in no man’s land.
