History Unplugged Podcast

History Unplugged Podcast

Scott Rank

The Average WW1 Soldier Was a 110-Pound Villager Who Suffered Disease, Hunger, and PTSD

September 29, 2020   ●   51 min

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This episode is an overview of the profile of an average soldier in World War One. We will look at the backgrounds, training, and provisions allotted to troops in the British, French, German, Russian, and Ottoman armies. We will look at their lives in the trenches, which were with very few exceptions absolutely miserable. We will also look at the terrible experiences that they faced on the battlefield, trying desperately to survive artillery barrages or poison gas attacks. Many suffered "shell shock" from the experienced, what we know today as PTSD.

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