Wilfred Owen's Life In The Great War (WWI)

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Life in The Great War (WW1) World War One was the first war that involved nations from around the world. Life in the Trench was tragic. Most of the action took place in the trenches. Soldiers spent an average period of eight days in trenches, where they are consistently under threat of attack from shellfire, snipers and diseases. Majority of soldiers experienced Trench Fever. Trench foot was another medical condition that appeared due to the unhygienic condition of trenches. Luckily, as conditions began to improve, in 1915, it rapidly faded away.

Biography of Owen. Wilfred Owen, the poet behind "Anthem for Doomed Youth", was a young British Officer who fought in The World War One. The experience

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