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Soldiers did most of their work at night so that the enemy had a harder time seeing them.

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At dawn and dusk, opposing trenches would shoot at each other for 10-15 minutes.

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German Soldiers Fire From Trench In Wwi by Bettmann

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German Soldiers Fire From Trench In Wwi Photograph by Bettmann

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Soldiers spent most of their time digging out and repairing their trench.

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Soldiers often had to pump water from their trenches to stop flooding.

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WW1 soldiers pumping water from trenches

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Some soldiers carried supplies through communication trenches for soldiers in trenches.

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ww1 communication trenches soldiers carrying food

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Sentries worked two hours shifts to watch over no-man's land.

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WW1 Sentry Duty in the Front Line Trench September 1916

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Officers ensured that soldiers were doing their duties and looked out for soldiers with diseases.

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The History Place - World War I Timeline - 1914 - A German Trench

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Rats were numerous in the trenches and would often scurry over sleeping soldier's faces.

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Incredible Photographs Capture Trench Rats Killed by Terriers During World War I

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The trench soldier of World War I had to cope with millions of rats. The omnipresent rats were attracted by the human waste of war – not sim…

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Food in the trenches was made only to give calories and was extremely unpalatable.

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Newspapers were brought to the trenches to raise soldier morale.

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Soldiers could receive and send mail, but the mail they sent had to follow a specific template.

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Life in the trenches was very boring, adding to the daily suffering of soldiers.

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Soldiers had to clean their rifles while in the trenches.

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In the communication trenches, dead soldiers would be carried on stretchers away from the trenches.

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Lice were widespread in the trenches, so soldiers had to go to delousing stations.

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Flies existed in clouds in the trenches, especially in the summers.

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Due to the intense artillery bombardment in trenches, many soldiers developed shell shock and PTSD.

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Barefoot soldiers were exposed to the muddy trenches for weeks, so trench foot developed in many soldiers.

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Lice in the trenches spread trench fever, for which their was no cure for most of the war.

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The cold and wet conditions in the trenches made pneumonia common in soldiers.