Life In Ww1 Research Paper

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In 1914 the Australian soldiers sailed off into the sunset, not knowing what was in store for them. On the 25th of April 1915, 416,809 men and women landed in Gallipoli. In this essay I will be discussing “Life in the European trenches, and the effect on the soldiers”. I will be answering four focus questions; what were the trenches like and why were they used so often? What were the living conditions in the trenches like for the soldiers? What is shell shock and how/why did the soldiers develop it? And finally, what medical assistance was there in the trenches?
What were the trenches like and why were they used so often?
The trenches were the frontlines, the most dangerous places. The trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where the soldiers lived all day and all night. There were many lines of German trenches on one side and many lines allied trenches on the other side. In the middle of the two lines was known as …show more content…
Why and how did the soldiers get shell shock?
Shell shock, also known as war neurosis is a mental illness causing physical and mental symptoms. Shell shock is now days better known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The term shell shock was first used by a famous medical doctor in 1917, names Charles Myers. World war one was the first time anyone officially recognised that soldiers had shell shock. Just in world war one alone there were over 80,000 cases of shell shock recorded.
The soldiers that didn’t develop shell shock once said “it’s a sign of cowardness and emotional weakness”. The soldiers and offices who unfortunately developed shell shock got it for a number of reasons including; Bomb shells, seeing many horrific things and gunshot sounds. There were also a vast variety of symptoms of shell shock including; anxiety attacks and depression, loss of appetite, insomnia, blindness or deafness and nightmares. “Everyone had a breaking point; weak or strong, courageous or cowardly- war frightened everyone
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