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Many soldiers were affected by the battle not only those who died or got wounded but those who suffered trauma because of the war. People who suffered post traumatic stress disorder would have experienced the worse things war had to offer. They would of seen their friends and men they have fought all throughout the war with die right in front of their eyes some blown up to pieces. This would affect their brain more than anything else. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWHbF5jGJY0 This video depicts what people being affected by post traumatic stress disorder are like and how their lives will never be the same. Because of this disorder doctors tried to prevent the development of chronic disorders which definitely helped today's psychological debriefing of disaster victims. 2721 New Zealanders died in the battle of Gallipoli. -1- . Surprisingly many of them didn't die because they got shot but because of the horrible living conditions they stayed in. There was no natural water source and so they had to wait for supply ships to arrive at Anzac cove, these ships found much difficult to land and were sometimes delayed. This caused many water shortages for the allies. Many caught diseases which killed them especially because of the dead bodies that layed around as they had no where to put them and from these dead bodies they had to scavenger and thing useful they had that meant for some soldiers they had to use the dead person's water bottle as water got harder and harder to get as the battle went on. These rotting corpses were the perfect place for flies and diseases to come about. This brought swarms of flies which annoyed the soldiers with every action they did and brought the diseases onto their food.Also the food wasn't that better all the men got was some tinned meat, jam and biscuits which was suppose to make them ready for a day of fighting. "You couldn’t eat your biscuit dry. It was like chewing rock"-2-. Other than the horrible living conditions in the trenches and the enemy shooting at you there were storms which flooded the trenches. This drowned some soldiers and lifted the dead bodies. There was also the Psychological fear that plagued the soldiers knowing that you could die any second frightened many soldiers. The enemy trenches only layed a few meters away and with that the danger of a soldier dying. This fear would affect the soldiers for many years to come.
-1- http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/wars-first-world-war-1914-18/page-4
-2- Russell Weir, Wellington Battalion, in Jane Tolerton, An Awfully Big Adventure: New Zealand World War One veterans tell their stories, 2013
-1- http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/wars-first-world-war-1914-18/page-4
-2- Russell Weir, Wellington Battalion, in Jane Tolerton, An Awfully Big Adventure: New Zealand World War One veterans tell their stories, 2013