This world war 1 political cartoon shows a scene involving trench warfare. We began trench warfare after the other side invented the machine gun. The only way to get close to the enemy was to build trenches and move in close enought to attack.
Trench Warfare
Life in the trenches was unbearable. We suffered body lice that cause red itchy marks all over our bodies. The stench produced by the lice and rodents was beyond your imagination. Our body lice was treated in different ways, one way was to take a lit candle and aim the flame twords where they were thickest to burn them away. They sounded like little crackels. The little time of relief from the biting was soothing to my red patched skin.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. See the link below for more info.
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