The Dangers Of Trench Warfare

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These past couple of months have been rough lately out here in the war, it is not as easy as I

thought it would be out here. In fact, trench warfare is terrible, the conditions here are deadly, you can die without someone else killing you. I’m at the point where I am so scared and just want to be back home because of the constant fear. I can never sleep at night either, every time I do the constant heavy fire of enemy attacks wake me up from my sleep then I have to be hiding in fear that an artillery attack will hit me as I hide and cover. It’s definitely unsanitary everywhere you go, water and blood everywhere along with mud.

One of the worst parts of trench warfare happens to be trench foot. Luckily, I have not gotten trench foot

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