What Were the Conditions like in The Trenches of the First World War and What were the Major Difficulties faced by Soldiers? The First World War was a War unlike any other seen before, in scale and in horror. This was a new sort of conflict, one of suffering and attrition, of long waiting and utter devastation. For the soldiers caught up in this struggle, everyday life and living conditions were nothing short of appalling. …
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…experiences would have become part of life to the soldiers, numbing, dehumanising and desensitising them to the horror all around them. Trench warfare and life within the trenches showed the extreme lengths people were prepared to go for their nation, their standard of living dragged down to an unimaginably low level. The trenches were the complete opposite of what was considered civilised living, and yet they were dug and fought in by supposedly civilised nations.