conchies
why they didn't want to fight
they wanted to stay with their families
they were against war
they thought everyone should be in peace
men that went because of peer pressure
the families said if you don't go you will bring shame to our family
their friends said it would be a laugh
if they didn't go they would be named a coward
why they went
they thought it would be a laugh with their friends
they wanted to prove their masculinity
the Generals were saying that it is so much fun and a paradise to be there
cons
rations of food
hard labor
could get diseases easily
misleading information which made the war seem nice and fun
they could die
very dangerous
unhygienic
trenches
the German trenches were 40 foot deep
there was barbed wire that you could get stuck in
sandbags stopped bullets but the bag would pop and sand would go everywhere so they needed to change the sandbag frequently
there was trench rats that carried many different diseases
it was wet at the bottom of the trenches and having wet feet for too long could cause trenchfoot
they only had little shelter and little food