Why You Wouldn't Last 24 Hours in WWI

Описание: You think you know what war is? If you were transported to a trench in Flanders in 1916, you wouldn't last 24 hours. This video strips away the glory of battle to reveal the brutal, sensory nightmare of the First World War. It’s not just the bullets that will kill you—it’s the environment itself.

We start with the smell: rotting flesh and cordite. We introduce you to your new roommates: "corpse rats" the size of cats that run over your face while you sleep, and millions of lice that carry Trench Fever. We explain the deadly routine of "Stand-to" at dawn, where sticking your head up three inches means a sniper bullet to the brain. You will learn about the culinary horror of "bully beef" and "tooth breaker" biscuits, washed down with water that tastes of gasoline.

The script details the terror of an artillery barrage, the physical shockwave that causes shell shock, and the silent killer: Chlorine and Mustard gas that drowns you on dry land or burns your skin. We take you on a suicidal mission into No Man's Land to repair wire under flare light, and we expose the agony of Trench Foot, where your flesh rots while still attached to your body.

From the "Thousand Yard Stare" to the statistical impossibility of surviving "over the top," this is a visceral look at why the trench was a machine designed to destroy human life.

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