when many soldiers of opposing countries fight against each other across
             a vast desolate, dirt covered land, and the only sense of cover was to
             crouch in a usually water logged trench. The sense of death engulfed
             your very soul, the constant bombardment of shells echo in your mind
             long after it had ceased. On the Western front conditions were horrible
             to say the least, stench of death remained constantly in the air, bodies
             riddled with bullet wounds lay across the bottoms of the trenches,
             dismembered bodies scattered across the landscape and the sounds of
             agonizing and dying men echo across the battle grounds. Very limited
             rations offering very little in flavour was the only food available to
             the soldiers. Often raining, it caused muddy, damp conditions. The men
             staying in a trench filled with water and muddy conditions often caused
             such diseases as trench foot and trench mouth. Contagious diseases were
             spread quickly. Lack of cleaniness gave many soldiers lice and rats
             would run through the trenches feeding on the garbage and human wastes.
             Thousands of soldiers would line up under the cover of their trenches
             for a stretch of miles and wait for the leading officer to give the
             signal for the charge. When the signal was given the thousands of
             soldiers would all try to run across the no-man's land to attempt the
             breach of the enemies trench. This charge would be under constant
             machine gun fire and mortar shelling by the enemy. These kind of attacks
             usually failed maily due to the fact the odds were already stacked
             against the attacking party. The distances the
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