It isn't! Dental care, nonexistent. Take a shower once a week. The only thing that probably kept me going when I was my dirtiest was the constant supply of mystery shots.
This looks like hell on earth, I can't imagine being in such a deplorable situation. As an active duty service member in the Army, I can say that it is not like this anymore. Even in field conditions during training it is not this bad. We at least always have access to clean water and food, and our clothes get washed enough to prevent disease.
When I was in the Army in the early part of the 2000s it would have been a lot easier to convince the young privates of the importance of field (and even barracks') hygiene if we had this video to show them. Some of them Privates were Nasty!
@@douglasboyle6544 the air force is full off little girls who shower after every movement, the army however, won't shower after walking through cow shit 🤣 so I can heavily agree with that 🤣
Compared to this the military today is incredibly luxurious ... With those delicious MREs... My cousin's husband joined the army about 20 years ago and got stationed in El Paso ... He would sometimes bring boxes of MRE s from fort Bliss and I fell in love with them. I recently paid over $130.00 for a box of twelve of them from the internet more than once and would spend days just having fun and eating them lol ..
I remember a quote from an unknown soldiers diary from the 1st world war, it went something along the lines of *"Many think hell is biblical, for me...it's the Somme"*
I would NOT survive in conditions like that. God bless ‘em for not only fighting a war, but for doing it under absolutely miserable conditions. And yet you could still see smiles in some of the photos. They were made of strong stuff!
Chances are that you would have learned to buddy up to survive. "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." Todays verse, Matt. 24:35 ( God Bless)
They were miserable, they also felt they werent going to survive and they did rebel. The French Army actually mutinied in 1917 due to terrible conditions, being forced to go over the top in aimless offensives, bad food, lack of promised leave and delayed mail all degrading morale. A unit that did not want to go over the top being forced to began to make noises like bleating sheep, signifying they knew they were being sent to the slaughter. The Germans actually refused to fire on them for a time until they ultimately got too close. This news rapidly spread and caused a massive backlash. Officers were chased off, some who refused to listen to their men were outright murdered and soldier "soviets" were started. They stayed in the trenches but refused to go over the top or listen to officers, but they would defend France. It actually took the eventually "villain" of WW2 Vichy France, Phillipe Petain, going to the trenches to personally meet with the men, eating their food and heawring their stories after which he would vow to improve conditions and promise to wait on the new tanks and American forces for more offensives to calm them down. He also commuted around 90% of the sentences handed out for the rebellions. This ultimately saved his life as he was also handed a death sentence after WW2 but many veterans of the first world war who felt a debt to him came out in favor of a reduced sentence that was granted. France, for its part, managed to completely cover up the mutiny and it was not public knowledge until the journal of a French soldier was discovered in a drawer and published after his death. It was only recently officially translated into English. (Poilu by Louis Barthas) They were smiling because cameras were rare and they knew someone at home might see them on a newsreel. They certainly were not happy a lot of the time.
Yes really nightmarish and now with Russia vs Ukraine and I hear there's trenches there too you can only imagine the nightmare of WWI only this one makes it look like a picnic.
How the politicans that decide it's war time, and spend time leisurely in their comfortable houses, and sending millions of young people to the war to face this and death, is mind boggling
Trench foot literally killed people as did lack of clean water in vietnam so if they told you don’t use any local freshwater for anything you listened 🎉
@@omegawilliam95s36 Signs of trepanning have been found as far back as The Stone Age. Looks like even our cave dwelling cousins had the same idea of _'releasing the evil spirits'._
I knew a WW1 vet when growing up in 80’s. He told me that on a visit to the trenches once he was very glad to be behind the lines as a aircraft mechanic. The life that the soldiers lived was horrible sometimes knee deep in muck, mud, and who knows what else. It’s no surprise that an epidemic hit the world afterwards. A person could never get even partially clean while in the trenches.
I can say that vet is one of the lucky ones to have a job like that while on the lines compared to the soldiers who have to fight there including the ones under the worst commanders like Douglas Haig.
@@jh2309 You got that right history is mostly unkind and paint a really failing report card on this guy which you can look into other videos and books about him like Infographics Show about the worst military commanders ever. If you picture men commanded to go over the top to only get cut down you can blame him for most of that image though then again most commanders of that really were going over the top but Haig really solidified that image.
I still have PTSD from when a WW1 vet came to my school and told us about how his boot was full of his skin… and water because he had “trench foot” tbh he called it “shoe soup”
My Great-grandfather served in WWI in the US Army. Most of the British generals in WWII did everything they could to keep from having their men fight in trenches b/c those generals remembered the horror they had to endure in WWI. They feared that any stalemate would devolve into a trench warfare situation.
I would be very interested in the hygiene in Franks Empire , where Charlemagne, crowned by the Pope, bathed with his friends every day. Apparently was in 8./9. In the 19th century the very Catholic nobility were cleaner than the French or British noble families of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Considering just how filthy the French nobility was, I'm not sure that's quite a feat worth celebrating. Today's homeless people have higher hygiene standards and homeless shelters make the Palace of Versailles akin to a not very well kept third world zoo 😅
@@thewhitedoncheadle8345 some were it wasn't universal and many were clean regardless it's not something you can just make a blanket assumption about but Versailles was gross at one point animals were just everywhere and they weren't always cleaned up after
@@josephwilliams7995 People were also peeing wherever they could, often even defecating in the halls. A German noble wrote a pretty stark description on her visit there, saying that the occupants would just come out of their rooms and pee on curtains, defecate in corners and flowerpots etc. That place was a full on biohazzard. So ironic when you look at just how beautiful it is...
Hordes of large rats, biting bugs, violent diarrhea, uncontrollable thirst, horrible stench from everything from feces to dead bodies, and dealing with chemical warfare. On the plus side, the horrific conditions probably helped take their mind off getting killed by the enemy.
My grandfather would say little, but when he did I remeber thinking, "Oh no way." Yep, growing up and learning history (plus a few years service) changes understanding.
when I was homeless I developed trench foot as my feet are too large to buy shoes in shops and have to be bought online, and the ones I had literally fell apart so I had layers of cardboard and plastic bags tied to my feet and they were always cold and wet, I still have scars from the rotten pieces of skin that had to be removed, I really feel for the guys that had it on top of constantly worrying about dying every day
After seeing this, it really does make one wonder if the 1918 Influenza outbreak might very well have been due to the unfathomable conditions in the trenches.
On Wikipedia it says that while the Spanish flu was no more aggressive than previous strains, overcrowed medical camps and hospitals, poor hygiene, and malnourishment caused by the war contributed to super infection
@@Spongebrain97 I thought that it was the cytokine storms that it brought about that killed most of the healthy young men? Although obviously these horrible conditions could lead to even a normal flu eventually killing someone.
Most likely I can say a big YES! though then again there was a lot more horrible diseases from that than just this one. So it really is hard to tell how that pandemic started.
It’s interesting to see how WW1 decidedly became a trench war. Even today, the battle taking place in eastern Ukraine is trench warfare. So primitive yet so advanced
@@FlyingTigersKMT haha but they do. With the incredible artillery available you can just bombard those trenches to absolute smithereens. Or just carpet bomb it but noone engages wars like that anymore.
His use of imagery to make a comparison is always one of my favorite parts of the videos. Especially today's, "kinda like building a sandcastle, on a football field, in between snaps".
Yeah, when I was homeless I developed trench foot as my feet are too large to buy shoes in shops and have to be bought online, and the ones I had literally fell apart so I had layers of cardboard and plastic bags tied to my feet and they were always cold and wet, I still have scars from the rotten pieces of skin that had to be removed, I really feel for the guys that had it on top of constantly worrying about dying every day
@@WizzardJC Yeah that's really horrible even more horrible about the guys fighting in Ukraine and I'm sure those conditions you described are much more unpleasant and they can't even get those cardboard and plastic bags you described either.
What was known as "trench foot" back then was also a serious problem with the front line troops in the trenches of WW 1... Proper foot care....Just as important then as it is now.
✨Between the deadly lethal gases, massive artillery shell explosions, continuously occurring sniper fire, and every death waiting for them. These teenaged boys saw everyone they had met, being killed in horrific ways. That was threatening them every second, of every day. Trapped with their buddies body parts, and blood up to their waist. Hygiene was secondary to the level of terrors each one of them faced. During seemingly endless days of constant loud and ground shattering death. Threatening to end them in horrible ways no teenage boy should experience. Most teens rarely practice good hygiene while being reminded to do so by mom during a normal day. So even minor scratches, hardly even breaking the skin, could be lethal.✨
My great-grandfather served with the 372nd Infantry Regiment 93rd Infantry Division. The passed away before I was born. But I would have liked to have gotten his take on his military service.
@@jothishprabu8 watch the documentary, they shall not grow old. Their service was not something they despised. There were aspects of it obviously, but back then, ones duty to country was seen as paramount.
The "Spanish Flu" more than likely originated from a chicken farm in Kansas. There is plenty of research on it. Obviously, given the conditions of the military situations and trenches- it was able to spread quickly.
My grandad fought with the 5th Batallion of the South Staffs regiment and he would rarely speak about the war, but he did say that the soldiers had one ration of water in their mug on the morning and they had to use it to shave, then they would scrape of the soap scum and drink what was left. He died before I was born and I would have loved to speak to him about those times.
Wow, I remember being told as a kid that Lice liked clean hair. Interesting. I guess that was just a passed around myth. Can you do a video on what got better between WW1 and WW2 in terms of war tactics, and soldiers' environment"? My grand dad fought in WW2, and I never knew much about what he may have went through as a black man.
It's probably to let people know that catching it doesn't make them dirty, which is true, but as stated by another commenter, they ain't that picky lol
Also AFAIK body lice are different from head lice so may need dirtier conditions to survive. Also laundering is required to stop catching head lice repeatedly no matter how clean or dirty your head is.
One of the saddest stories I heard of the first World War was a young man who fell in to the latrine and was so weak that he was unable to get out no one could hear him calling for help and he drowned in excrement.
I think the dysentery statistic isn't saying what you think it''s saying. Allied Trenches were know to be worse, especially British ones since they thought they would be moving more, and didn't build more permanent fixtures like the Germans did. The reason that dysentery was higher amongst German than Americans was probably because America began fighting in 1917, where as Germany began fighting in 1914, you know, when the war freaking started?
Men went through hell for their countries and yet they were still underappreciated after both world wars, more is still expected of them till this day.
Would love a WW1 life hacks. Hacks that people used back then to get by. Even though we'd find no use for most of it, it would still be entertaining. Maybe even a WW2 one?
4:35 I got three of these Service Sets very cool to have and to use, and I even got the little price paper for it. These Service Sets were built to last.
05:55: "You can have a mouth full of cracked vampire teeth and still shoot people for the Queen". Really? Were they shooting people for Queen Mary and not for King George V?
I mean it sounds like the British Army all over, sanitise some water, put water in a petrol can, then proceed to scratch head as to why everyone is ill. But then again this is the army who got everyone to walk very slowly to the enemy so what does that say.
Thankyou. I have no less than 13 ANZACS in my family line that served Australia during WW1. Thankfully, none of them died due to those disease outbreaks. At least 5 of them survived. It is valuable to know exactly what horrendous conditions they fought under.
Can you please do an episode on dogs used during WWI? I know the Irish Terrier was in the trenches during WWI - they even had a specially made gas mask to wear when running the trenches delivering messages. I believe Australia also had dogs in service.
I always thought it would have been cool to have fought in the trenches . This just scared me straight ... My goodness , the thought of being so thirsty they drank water from a puddle , with possible human body parts ...Those guys had it beyond rough man , the military back in the day was hard .
Woah. Those soldiers sure were having some terrible time. I am so glad I didn't have to experience any of it. The amount of rats he caught was pretty freaking crazy. Thanks :))
Cool seeing this covered. WW1 is probably one of the major reasons hygiene is taken so seriously in every war/ disaster after it.
Not to mention the Spanish Flu that followed. Never take hygiene for granted, my fellow humans!
It isn't! Dental care, nonexistent. Take a shower once a week. The only thing that probably kept me going when I was my dirtiest was the constant supply of mystery shots.
Sadly this video is restricted and also since that War with Ukraine thanks to Russia this makes for awful memories.
This looks like hell on earth, I can't imagine being in such a deplorable situation. As an active duty service member in the Army, I can say that it is not like this anymore. Even in field conditions during training it is not this bad. We at least always have access to clean water and food, and our clothes get washed enough to prevent disease.
Indeed it was. WW1 was one of the worst & most terrifying conflicts in human history.
When I was in the Army in the early part of the 2000s it would have been a lot easier to convince the young privates of the importance of field (and even barracks') hygiene if we had this video to show them. Some of them Privates were Nasty!
@@douglasboyle6544 the air force is full off little girls who shower after every movement, the army however, won't shower after walking through cow shit 🤣 so I can heavily agree with that 🤣
Compared to this the military today is incredibly luxurious ... With those delicious MREs... My cousin's husband joined the army about 20 years ago and got stationed in El Paso ... He would sometimes bring boxes of MRE s from fort Bliss and I fell in love with them. I recently paid over $130.00 for a box of twelve of them from the internet more than once and would spend days just having fun and eating them lol ..
I remember a quote from an unknown soldiers diary from the 1st world war, it went something along the lines of *"Many think hell is biblical, for me...it's the Somme"*
I would NOT survive in conditions like that. God bless ‘em for not only fighting a war, but for doing it under absolutely miserable conditions. And yet you could still see smiles in some of the photos. They were made of strong stuff!
Chances are that you would have learned to buddy up to survive. "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." Todays verse, Matt. 24:35 ( God Bless)
They were miserable, they also felt they werent going to survive and they did rebel. The French Army actually mutinied in 1917 due to terrible conditions, being forced to go over the top in aimless offensives, bad food, lack of promised leave and delayed mail all degrading morale. A unit that did not want to go over the top being forced to began to make noises like bleating sheep, signifying they knew they were being sent to the slaughter. The Germans actually refused to fire on them for a time until they ultimately got too close. This news rapidly spread and caused a massive backlash. Officers were chased off, some who refused to listen to their men were outright murdered and soldier "soviets" were started. They stayed in the trenches but refused to go over the top or listen to officers, but they would defend France.
It actually took the eventually "villain" of WW2 Vichy France, Phillipe Petain, going to the trenches to personally meet with the men, eating their food and heawring their stories after which he would vow to improve conditions and promise to wait on the new tanks and American forces for more offensives to calm them down. He also commuted around 90% of the sentences handed out for the rebellions. This ultimately saved his life as he was also handed a death sentence after WW2 but many veterans of the first world war who felt a debt to him came out in favor of a reduced sentence that was granted. France, for its part, managed to completely cover up the mutiny and it was not public knowledge until the journal of a French soldier was discovered in a drawer and published after his death. It was only recently officially translated into English. (Poilu by Louis Barthas)
They were smiling because cameras were rare and they knew someone at home might see them on a newsreel. They certainly were not happy a lot of the time.
@@booradley6832 Yes he's telling the truth and you can only wonder now with the Ukraine War going on how that compares.
Yes really nightmarish and now with Russia vs Ukraine and I hear there's trenches there too you can only imagine the nightmare of WWI only this one makes it look like a picnic.
How the politicans that decide it's war time, and spend time leisurely in their comfortable houses, and sending millions of young people to the war to face this and death, is mind boggling
That is called power. The downside is if they lost a total war, they will be hanged like the German / Japanese leaders in WW2.
A simple game of Chess can resolve their senseless conflicts
It's easier when dealing with numbers on paper versus seeing the faces condemned to needlessly die. All politicians have a spot in Hell.
Well now it's happening again this time with Vladimir Putin's Russia invading Ukraine.
Trench foot literally killed people as did lack of clean water in vietnam so if they told you don’t use any local freshwater for anything you listened 🎉
Im reading "All Quiet on the Western Front" for the second Time
And WW1 sure was pure Hell
I watched this while eating warm chocolate chip pancakes. I am so so grateful I can do this and I did not have to go through WW1
Can I have a pancake?
@@maplesyrup6052 *hands over a fluffy pancake* Sure thing!
Amen! I have so much respect and gratitude for military
@@anamariaramirez9341 that was not your pancake to offer
I would love to see a video about late 1800s and early 1900s surgical procedures.
A lot of amputations for infections and lobotomies for mental illness. Probably the two most predominant groups...or close to.
Nightmarish. No anesthesia
The first known recorded “surgery” in history was literally just drilling a hole in your head to release the evil spirits.
@@mamouilletten1562 Right? Just Either and cocaine.
@@omegawilliam95s36 Signs of trepanning have been found as far back as The Stone Age. Looks like even our cave dwelling cousins had the same idea of _'releasing the evil spirits'._
Just imagine the smell of the trench during the summer time.....
I knew a WW1 vet when growing up in 80’s. He told me that on a visit to the trenches once he was very glad to be behind the lines as a aircraft mechanic. The life that the soldiers lived was horrible sometimes knee deep in muck, mud, and who knows what else. It’s no surprise that an epidemic hit the world afterwards. A person could never get even partially clean while in the trenches.
I can say that vet is one of the lucky ones to have a job like that while on the lines compared to the soldiers who have to fight there including the ones under the worst commanders like Douglas Haig.
Yes Douglas Haig was the worst commander that any military could have been cursed to have during the First World War.
@@jh2309 You got that right history is mostly unkind and paint a really failing report card on this guy which you can look into other videos and books about him like Infographics Show about the worst military commanders ever. If you picture men commanded to go over the top to only get cut down you can blame him for most of that image though then again most commanders of that really were going over the top but Haig really solidified that image.
I still have PTSD from when a WW1 vet came to my school and told us about how his boot was full of his skin… and water because he had “trench foot” tbh he called it “shoe soup”
I feel so bad for your ptsd upon hearing someone else’s reality 😂
Imagine going through all that suffering just for rich people.
My Great-grandfather served in WWI in the US Army.
Most of the British generals in WWII did everything they could to keep from having their men fight in trenches b/c those generals remembered the horror they had to endure in WWI. They feared that any stalemate would devolve into a trench warfare situation.
I would be very interested in the hygiene in Franks Empire , where Charlemagne, crowned by the Pope, bathed with his friends every day. Apparently was in 8./9. In the 19th century the very Catholic nobility were cleaner than the French or British noble families of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Considering just how filthy the French nobility was, I'm not sure that's quite a feat worth celebrating. Today's homeless people have higher hygiene standards and homeless shelters make the Palace of Versailles akin to a not very well kept third world zoo 😅
@@ivareskesner2019 True
wernt the french nobility and aristocricy catholic?
@@thewhitedoncheadle8345 some were it wasn't universal and many were clean regardless it's not something you can just make a blanket assumption about but Versailles was gross at one point animals were just everywhere and they weren't always cleaned up after
@@josephwilliams7995 People were also peeing wherever they could, often even defecating in the halls. A German noble wrote a pretty stark description on her visit there, saying that the occupants would just come out of their rooms and pee on curtains, defecate in corners and flowerpots etc. That place was a full on biohazzard. So ironic when you look at just how beautiful it is...
I love your sarcasm and little jokes in between the facts 😂 makes history interesting instead of dull and boring.
Hordes of large rats, biting bugs, violent diarrhea, uncontrollable thirst, horrible stench from everything from feces to dead bodies, and dealing with chemical warfare. On the plus side, the horrific conditions probably helped take their mind off getting killed by the enemy.
Well now you can only wonder if any of this is getting on the war today in Ukraine with Russia invading thanks to Putin.
My grandfather would say little, but when he did I remeber thinking, "Oh no way." Yep, growing up and learning history (plus a few years service) changes understanding.
TY for your service
when I was homeless I developed trench foot as my feet are too large to buy shoes in shops and have to be bought online, and the ones I had literally fell apart so I had layers of cardboard and plastic bags tied to my feet and they were always cold and wet, I still have scars from the rotten pieces of skin that had to be removed, I really feel for the guys that had it on top of constantly worrying about dying every day
After seeing this, it really does make one wonder if the 1918 Influenza outbreak might very well have been due to the unfathomable conditions in the trenches.
On Wikipedia it says that while the Spanish flu was no more aggressive than previous strains, overcrowed medical camps and hospitals, poor hygiene, and malnourishment caused by the war contributed to super infection
@@Spongebrain97 I thought that it was the cytokine storms that it brought about that killed most of the healthy young men? Although obviously these horrible conditions could lead to even a normal flu eventually killing someone.
It is thought that it jumped to the human population from Fy. Riley, KS from burning dead livestock nearby.
@@ronkledonkanusmoncher564 cytokine storms? You mean when your body goes all schorched earth destroying the body and the disease.
Most likely I can say a big YES! though then again there was a lot more horrible diseases from that than just this one. So it really is hard to tell how that pandemic started.
Please do hygiene of the pharaoh's of Egypt and ordinary ancient Egyptians
czcams.com/video/eQzeHYI3Q7Q/video.html
It’s interesting to see how WW1 decidedly became a trench war. Even today, the battle taking place in eastern Ukraine is trench warfare. So primitive yet so advanced
Physics of terrain and movement don't change with time. Tactics and tools may change how you approach them but it is what it is.
@@FlyingTigersKMT haha but they do. With the incredible artillery available you can just bombard those trenches to absolute smithereens. Or just carpet bomb it but noone engages wars like that anymore.
Hmmm, yes. Very advanced yet primitive.
@@waynewayne8419 not even that just send swarms of inexpensive drones with explosives on them. Warfare has never been cheaper
@I believe What you say The UN banned napalm / carpet bomb in the 80s.
His use of imagery to make a comparison is always one of my favorite parts of the videos.
Especially today's, "kinda like building a sandcastle, on a football field, in between snaps".
This really wasn’t even that long ago and it really makes me wonder how people from the future will view our daily routines.
For sure they'll laugh at the 2020 face diaper craze!
Me and a couple others had a mild case of trench foot one time on a training mission, it was absolutely terrible
Yeah, when I was homeless I developed trench foot as my feet are too large to buy shoes in shops and have to be bought online, and the ones I had literally fell apart so I had layers of cardboard and plastic bags tied to my feet and they were always cold and wet, I still have scars from the rotten pieces of skin that had to be removed, I really feel for the guys that had it on top of constantly worrying about dying every day
Really hard to picture that and also I'm pretty sure those soldiers in this current war in Russia vs Ukraine may also be getting that as well.
@@WizzardJC Yeah that's really horrible even more horrible about the guys fighting in Ukraine and I'm sure those conditions you described are much more unpleasant and they can't even get those cardboard and plastic bags you described either.
There are many forms of battle that might be glorious or gallant. Trench warfare was just horrific in every way.
What was known as "trench foot" back then was also a serious problem with the front line troops in the trenches of WW 1...
Proper foot care....Just as important then as it is now.
Love your feeties... they’re the only ones your ever gonna have!
@@monkeygraborange damn...
As I get older, I care more and more about the comfort of my feet. My mom got me some insoles and now I don't buy shoes if I can't add insole inserts
@@claytonhawk8512 Point taken. Dr. Scholl's inserts for me.
✨Between the deadly lethal gases, massive artillery shell explosions, continuously occurring sniper fire, and every death waiting for them. These teenaged boys saw everyone they had met, being killed in horrific ways. That was threatening them every second, of every day. Trapped with their buddies body parts, and blood up to their waist. Hygiene was secondary to the level of terrors each one of them faced. During seemingly endless days of constant loud and ground shattering death. Threatening to end them in horrible ways no teenage boy should experience. Most teens rarely practice good hygiene while being reminded to do so by mom during a normal day. So even minor scratches, hardly even breaking the skin, could be lethal.✨
My great-grandfather served with the 372nd Infantry Regiment 93rd Infantry Division. The passed away before I was born. But I would have liked to have gotten his take on his military service.
He probably despised every second of it
@@jothishprabu8 without a question
@@jothishprabu8 watch the documentary, they shall not grow old. Their service was not something they despised. There were aspects of it obviously, but back then, ones duty to country was seen as paramount.
Ah yes. The Great Big Book of British Smiles.
I LOVE that you are using photos and videos colorized. Gives us a better POV.
FINALLY. 10AM EST This is why I woke up.
I hear you.. too cold to go outside here on long island on this lazy Sunday morning
The "Spanish Flu" more than likely originated from a chicken farm in Kansas. There is plenty of research on it. Obviously, given the conditions of the military situations and trenches- it was able to spread quickly.
Really enjoy this channel. Learn a lot of new things every time. Thanks
Love the original photos. As always, great video. 🥰
4:02 this is a photo from the Second World War. These are Soviet (or Soviet-allied) soldiers. They’re carrying PPSh sub machine guns.
I’m honestly grateful for how far hygiene has come since the Great War, even though I’m a pacifist.
My grandad fought with the 5th Batallion of the South Staffs regiment and he would rarely speak about the war, but he did say that the soldiers had one ration of water in their mug on the morning and they had to use it to shave, then they would scrape of the soap scum and drink what was left. He died before I was born and I would have loved to speak to him about those times.
My grandpa also fought in the war . He died before I was born .
Yes that's nuts but then again he's not witnessing this war in Ukraine since I'm sure it would scare the living daylights out of him.
Could you imagine being rejected to go to war because your teeth were not strong enough to be able to eat the rations? That's just crazy to me.
War sucks in general, but WW1 stands out as particularly miserable.
Honestly, this is actually a question I've had for a long time. Thank you
Wow, I remember being told as a kid that Lice liked clean hair. Interesting. I guess that was just a passed around myth. Can you do a video on what got better between WW1 and WW2 in terms of war tactics, and soldiers' environment"? My grand dad fought in WW2, and I never knew much about what he may have went through as a black man.
Did you hear that from As Told by Ginger? lol that's where I heard that from
@@claytonhawk8512 lol no. it was some older person when I was a kid though. Haha I forgot about that show
It's probably to let people know that catching it doesn't make them dirty, which is true, but as stated by another commenter, they ain't that picky lol
Also AFAIK body lice are different from head lice so may need dirtier conditions to survive. Also laundering is required to stop catching head lice repeatedly no matter how clean or dirty your head is.
@@claytonhawk8512 bro yes lol idk why that episode stuck with me for 20 years
I freaking love these WWI photos.
We never changed in 100 years, only thing we have now are instagram filters.
and seed oils :(
Thanks for the video. It reminds me of stories my grandfather (born 1899) told me. What heroes our soldiers are!!!
I am glad I never been in a war fighting especially during WWl
How about hygiene for prospectors in the gold rush or the way the Lewis and Clark group stayed clean. Or maybe hygiene in the revolutionary war?
One of the saddest stories I heard of the first World War was a young man who fell in to the latrine and was so weak that he was unable to get out no one could hear him calling for help and he drowned in excrement.
I would like to know what life was like for a tank crew member in WW2? My dad was one and never spoke about it at all.
Thank you for the video! Could you do something interesting on Ireland’s history there is much to be talked about
Quite an informative video!!!
Its hard to comprehend,..may they Rest In Peace
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
This video really did make me wince. I couldn't imagine being in that horror
I think the dysentery statistic isn't saying what you think it''s saying. Allied Trenches were know to be worse, especially British ones since they thought they would be moving more, and didn't build more permanent fixtures like the Germans did. The reason that dysentery was higher amongst German than Americans was probably because America began fighting in 1917, where as Germany began fighting in 1914, you know, when the war freaking started?
Sounds like it was a combination of both.. Germans were in the war 3 years longer than Americans, plus the lack of vaccines, etc…
Why are you so pressed
Good point!!
My great uncle was killed in France in 1918. He must of had to deal with this, too.
I just love your channel.
The Great War was also referred to as "the disease war".
I have my great grandfather's WWI shave kit as issued by the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Still works too.
Men went through hell for their countries and yet they were still underappreciated after both world wars, more is still expected of them till this day.
Adoption of animals is still a thing my unit had a rescued fighting dog that followed us on every mission
I'd still like a weird history about shoes. If "shoes" is too general, could be just the footwear from the early America's to like the 90s.
In the 1970's Nike began an all out assault on feet until track times have gotten slower ever since. THE END
Love your videos.
Would love a WW1 life hacks. Hacks that people used back then to get by. Even though we'd find no use for most of it, it would still be entertaining. Maybe even a WW2 one?
My grandfather often told me how French women had a aversion to soap and water and hairy armpits were the norm.
4:35 I got three of these Service Sets very cool to have and to use, and I even got the little price paper for it. These Service Sets were built to last.
Great Video! Really enjoyed it.I believe you missed one disease, trench mouth (necrotizing gingivitis).
Would also like to see what hygiene like in the field hospitals. During WW1,WW2 and Korea and Vietnam. You pick.
2:04 -- that clarinet 😲 it would b worth a pretty penny today 😊
....I'm so happy I was born in the 90's 🤦♀️
Well, the 80s were pretty good (outside of the Communist Bloc and parts of the Middle East).
Those poor guys must of gotten a lot of infections.
Who the hell thought it would be cool to photograph dudes taking dumps in the trenches?
05:55: "You can have a mouth full of cracked vampire teeth and still shoot people for the Queen". Really? Were they shooting people for Queen Mary and not for King George V?
Great vid, BUT, why no more timeline video's? You even made a trailer months ago.
Can you do the Hatfield McCoy family feud? I am a decendant of both lines and would love to see you guys do a video on the feud
And this is why we had to change our socks often and watch videos on trench foot
Who else thinks weird history is the best history channel on CZcams
I mean it sounds like the British Army all over, sanitise some water, put water in a petrol can, then proceed to scratch head as to why everyone is ill.
But then again this is the army who got everyone to walk very slowly to the enemy so what does that say.
Another reason why you would have wanted to serve in the Navy during the Great War
I always say the title in the narrator's sarcastic voice 😁
Please do a video on Easy Company from ww2!
1:46 boy sombody great grandfather tootin that thang up
Man I love me some weird history!
Wait…the British Expeditionary Force thought dentists were unnecessary! Shocking!
I'm just so surprised there exists so many WW1 photos of troops dropping deuces.
Thankyou. I have no less than 13 ANZACS in my family line that served Australia during WW1.
Thankfully, none of them died due to those disease outbreaks. At least 5 of them survived.
It is valuable to know exactly what horrendous conditions they fought under.
Can u do a video on what it was like being a WW1 General? 🙏🏼☺️
Far too many have absolutely no idea how well off they are in the present. It's shameful.
Can you please do an episode on dogs used during WWI? I know the Irish Terrier was in the trenches during WWI - they even had a specially made gas mask to wear when running the trenches delivering messages. I believe Australia also had dogs in service.
Australia certainly had a donkey in service in the Gallipoli trenches. He and his keeper/driver, Mr Simpson, are still revered.
Please do a video on witch hunts it would be interesting to see your take on them
05:27 ohh so that's where people think British people have bad teeth lol
Love the channel! Can we get a fact video of Lawrence of Arabia?? Would love to see more WW1 content
Wow this video was really eye opening, except for the rat scenes, I shut my eyes during that LOL. Good informative video.
Would love to know how pub owners in 17th/18th England kept their businesses clean (if they were able to at all).
As one Britsh soldier said: I didn't have lice. They had me.....
Make a video about WW1 Sgt. Stubby please.
I would be Interested in hearing more about hygiene in the Tudor and or Georgian era.
I always thought it would have been cool to have fought in the trenches . This just scared me straight ... My goodness , the thought of being so thirsty they drank water from a puddle , with possible human body parts ...Those guys had it beyond rough man , the military back in the day was hard .
Thanks for this! 🧼
I’m watching Boardwalk Empire right now and this was a perfect video to go along side it
Woah. Those soldiers sure were having some terrible time. I am so glad I didn't have to experience any of it. The amount of rats he caught was pretty freaking crazy. Thanks :))
4:01
Ah yes
The PPSH 41
My favorite WW1 weapon
You should make a video of every day life working on the continental railroad