Sad War Video trench warfare

Life was very terrible in trenches dodging bullets, machine gun fire, poison gas and enemy shells was a daily routine for the soldiers. Little as 30 yards were distance between trenches. The space in between was called No Mans Land. No Man's Land was not in trenches but in between space 1,000s of soldiers die daily trying to take over enemy trenches to just get some yards. Many soldiers got and die from trench foot.
Deaths
USA 116,000
Ottaman Empire 325,000
Italy 650,000
British Empire 908,000
Austria-Hungary 1.2 million
France 1.3 million
Russia 1.7 million
Germany 1.8 million
From Modern world History book thats were I get Deaths tolls from.

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• 000 Ottaman Empire 325
• 000 Italy 650
• 000 British Empire 908

[aMarinedaughter]

The actual fighting is only part of the hell of war. The conditions they have to live in are often just as hellish. In this case, the conditions were created by men, for other men to have to live in. The trenches not only required them to live in mud, but meant that many of the men got horrendous facial wounds, when they tried to look up and see what was going on outside of the trench. I wish I had taken an interest in WWI when I was young, while there were still veterans of it alive.

[starman60200]

@aMarinedaughter

wow thats was so deep, that came from the heart.

[KAGDAIS]

their is no victory in war just casualties an fear."- from a diary at vimy ridge

[punkyprincessful]

THE SPANISH FLU KILLED MORE THAN ALL OF WORLD WAR 1 CASUALTIES PUT TOGETHER :O

[aMarinedaughter]

@Sodnal It is very common for war vets to not want to talk about it. If they do talk about it, it is often 50+ years later. My dad has said very little about his time in Vietnam. It doesn't help that most of the people here at home have no understanding about it. That was probably even more so in WWI, when the only movie film didn't really give viewers much idea of what it was like.

[Sodnal]

@aMarinedaughter thanks for your kind comments. He didn't begrudge his service to the Allied cause, but condemned war in general. The appalling conditions in trench warfare in 1917 can only be imagined by us today. He didn't want to dredge up those old memories, I suppose. Take care.

[aMarinedaughter]

@Sodnal Wow, thanks for sharing about your uncle. I know many who survived gas attacks had permanent damage from it. I hope he at least felt like his service was appreciated.

[Sodnal]

My great uncle was in the Canadian Army and suffered from phosgene gas attack during WW1-I think sometime around the Battle of Somme. I met him in the early 1960's and his vocal cords were still impacted by the gas damage. He wouldn't talk about the war except to say it was unbelievably horrible. He died in 1967.

[THthefirst]

@aMarinedaughter Sure, I understand that, but I think the point e.g. about mud is an important one because as I say, it was so hot on 1 July that many wounded men were begging for water/died of exposure in the heat.

[aMarinedaughter]

@THthefirst I wasn't suggesting that any particular percentage of the men lived in mud or had facial wounds, but those things did exist, and that they were far from uncommon, especially not the mud. It rains in the summer, too. I know that the majority did not have facial wounds, but certainly enough to be worthy of remembrance, here, which is what I was trying to do by mentioning it.

[THthefirst]

@aMarinedaughter The image of mud is actually not entirely accurate - for example, the Somme was fought in the height of summer (at least the opening parts of the battle) and it was very, very hot. The reference to facial wounds is a bit odd, given that these represented a minute fraction of all wounds - most were caused by explosions, machine guns fire, illness etc.

[lollyclan]

@117piehitman Yes, I agree 100% with you. Peace and Love and Tolerance - please everyone??

[117piehitman]

@lollyclan Those who dont learn history are doomed to repeat it, We are the next generation. Lets make some changes.