and Ypres, in December of 1915. The colourless gas had soldiers within the trenches violently suffocating. Hence, during the war in the trenches, Phosgene is responsible for about, “ 85% of all gas-related fatalities, in World War 1 resulted from phosgene and disphosgene, which were both used to fill artillery shells.”Along with chlorine the most commonly known poison gas is mustard gas. Likewise, it was introduced by the Germans in the Ypres trenches on July 12, 1917. Mustard gas is an irritant that would burn the skin, leaving internal and external filters, filled with yellow fluid. However, mustard gase’s side effects are not visible instantly, it can take a couple of hours for blisters to appear. In the Western Front, “ Its mortality rate
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The broadening use of trench warfare developed a system that became the main method of combat in the Western Front. It created a stalemate within the Allies and the Central Powers, resulting in no true victory. As well as terror and disease for the soldier’s fighting inside them. Trench warfare was effective in shielding a soldier from the innovative machine guns and artillery. However, chemical weapons, such as chlorine, caught the Allied troops fighting in the Western Front of guard when first introduced. Which lead to a new approach to battle in the trenches called chemical warfare. Then, disease, rats, lice, and carcuses was the usual scenery of a soldier fighting in the Western Front. Afterwards, trench warfare, took a toll on the soldiers who fought in it. Many soldiers suffered a psychological trauma, known as shell shock. It was emotional exhaustion that was caused by the detrimental conditions at the time. At first it was not considered as a medical condition, even though men suffered from the trauma their whole life. Without a doubt, trench warfare took, many soldier’s lives through the unsanitary and hazardous conditions it sustained, along with the peaceful mind of those who survived, leaving only psychological agony, and the limbs of soldiers who were amputated due to trench foot or bombardments. Overall, trench warfare was a hellish combat site, that evolved within the Great War, and increased the misery of those who fought in
The broadening use of trench warfare developed a system that became the main method of combat in the Western Front. It created a stalemate within the Allies and the Central Powers, resulting in no true victory. As well as terror and disease for the soldier’s fighting inside them. Trench warfare was effective in shielding a soldier from the innovative machine guns and artillery. However, chemical weapons, such as chlorine, caught the Allied troops fighting in the Western Front of guard when first introduced. Which lead to a new approach to battle in the trenches called chemical warfare. Then, disease, rats, lice, and carcuses was the usual scenery of a soldier fighting in the Western Front. Afterwards, trench warfare, took a toll on the soldiers who fought in it. Many soldiers suffered a psychological trauma, known as shell shock. It was emotional exhaustion that was caused by the detrimental conditions at the time. At first it was not considered as a medical condition, even though men suffered from the trauma their whole life. Without a doubt, trench warfare took, many soldier’s lives through the unsanitary and hazardous conditions it sustained, along with the peaceful mind of those who survived, leaving only psychological agony, and the limbs of soldiers who were amputated due to trench foot or bombardments. Overall, trench warfare was a hellish combat site, that evolved within the Great War, and increased the misery of those who fought in