Life in the trenches during the First World War took many forms, and varied widely from sector to sector and from front to front. During World War 1, trenches made the battles often stalemates because neither side can do much damage to the other force, unless the people in the trenches were either bombed or gassed out. The area between two trenches during a battle is called "No Mans Land". This name was given because if either side tried to raid another trench, they would most likely die from gunfire. Trenches were a great source of natural defense, using the land for protection. however, took a lot of labor of the soldiers to create such protection.
Millions of rats infested the trenches. There were two main types, the brown and the black rat. Both were hated but the brown rat was especially feared. these rats would eat the remains of the dead soldiers, some rats grew as big as cats. Men, would attempt to rid the trenches of them by various methods: gunfire, with the bayonet, and even by clubbing them to death. The soldiers also had to live with the conditions of lice and frogs as well.
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