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Trench Construction diagram from 1914 British Army Manual. . . Aerial View of Trenches in WWI . The intensity of World War I trench warfare meant about 10% of the fighting soldiers were killed. . Medical services were primitive and life-saving antibiotics had not yet been discovered. Relatively minor injuries could prove fatal through onset of infection and gangrene. The Germans recorded that 12% of leg wounds and 23% of arm wounds resulted in death, mainly through i24
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