Trench Warfare

(artist: Felix Schwormstaedt)

Though trench warfare was nothing new to the war scene, the use of it became popular in World War I.  Because of the constant fighting in the trenches, battles would often end in stalemates.  Trench warfare was often brutal.  Death in the trenches was typical, mostly due to disease.  Trench foot was common among soldiers.  Dysentery, cholera, and typhus were other diseases usually found in the trenches.  It is often hard for us to imagine what war was like in the early twentieth century.  This painting gives us a realistic look at the past without actually being there.