# Life in trenches

The trenches warfare was probably the most cruel stage of the First World War. Many letters and diaries written by soldiers describe the horrible living conditions in trenches, where they suffered severe disesases (like "trench foot") and the continuous threat of death. The military operations caused enormous loss of life, but at the end, Allies had gained just a few miles of territory.

A German trench occupied by British soldiers in 1916 during the Battle of the Somme. One soldier watches meanwhile the others sleep.

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# Try to answer

List some of the main problems suffered by soldiers in trenches.

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mud, rats, stench, humidity, diseases, buried bodies, boredom, certainty of being killed.

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