Rats have long infested trenches in war and can spread diseases to troops ... morale problem that causes distress and discomfort. In WWI, they regularly ate leftover food, limiting already ...

In World War I, soldiers could not solve the trench rat problem. Instead, they killed rats for their sport. Trying to spike one on a bayonet became a form of entertainment.

Trenches became valuable to WW1 armies because they were a defensive solution to modern weaponry. Before the war, many people thought ... with pests such as rats. They were attracted by the ...

The ultimate horror of trench rats was suffered in WWI when the rodents fed off food, wastes and corpses, promoting disease and affecting troops’ morale The military history tradition of the ...

as a layer of gas and fumes suddenly appears, hanging low over the make-believe World War I battlefield ... to journal about what WWI soldiers went through in the trenches on a daily basis.

the silence of muddy dugouts near the front lines here is soon replaced by another familiar sound of trench warfare: the squeak and scuttle of rats and mice. The trench systems, static defensive ...

The military history tradition of the West meticulously records for digital and museum posterity the contribution made by each and every animal/bird and non-combatant to the war effort. The ...