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What kind of soldiers will be scared by war? Look at the weird photos of World War I and World War II.

& gt1965438+In September 2006, in the Battle of the Somme between the British and French allied forces and the German army, a British soldier was scared silly by the German artillery fire. He squatted in the trench with a strange smile in his eyes, ignoring the military doctor who bandaged his wound-to be exact, ignoring the whole world. & gt& gt& gt Picture: Classic photo of World War I, a British soldier was scared to death >:> How much damage did this war do to soldiers? & gt In ancient cold weapon wars, knife to knife, gun to gun, when the two armies met, the brave won. However, with the appearance of the hot weapon BLACKPINK, the soldiers finally began to collapse in despair. Because, you may not even "meet" the enemy, and you will be killed by a shell. & gt World War I, World War II and World War II have made thousands of soldiers exceed the endurance limit of human beings. Powerful long-range weapons completely deprive mankind of heroism, courage and even military skills. In every battle, artillery weapons can cause 60% soldiers casualties. & gt& gt Figure: Dense craters in the Battle of the Somme > The Battle of the Somme is called the "Meat Grinder Battle" of World War I, and its cruelty is unimaginable today. The total casualties of British and French allied forces and Germans reached 6.5438+0.3 million! Under the German artillery fire, machine guns and barbed wire, the British soldiers paid nearly 60,000 casualties on the first day of the charge, of which 19240 were killed. & gt& gt Picture: Full picture of the British soldiers who were scared silly > The hero in this photo was completely destroyed by German artillery fire in the trench, and at that moment he completely lost his normal thinking. According to the current professional medical terminology, he is a typical "post-traumatic stress disorder" (PTSD), which means: when a person experiences or witnesses a large number of deaths, or is threatened with death or seriously injured, the individual's delayed appearance and persistent mental disorder. Its symptoms include fatigue, tremor, confusion, nightmares and hearing loss, accompanied by hysterical retardation and paralysis. & gt& gt Picture: 19 18, an Austro-Hungarian soldier who was frightened by the war >: However, in the era of World War I, people did not realize that the pressure of war might lead to the mental breakdown of soldiers. After the war, British military courts tried a large number of soldiers who were scared silly on the battlefield, and even executed many deserters. > during the second world war, the "post-traumatic stress disorder" in the allied forces increased on a large scale. War hysteria, war anxiety and neurasthenia account for more than half of the troops participating in the war, especially the US military, which often collapses after a battle and goes back to China to rest. To this end, Americans also gave birth to a battlefield term: Thousand-yard Tower, which literally means: 1000 yards away from the eyes, referring to the state that soldiers who came down from the battlefield were traumatized by war, with empty eyes and dull eyes. & gt& gt picture: classic photos of World War II, Miller staring at thousands of yards >; One of the most famous "thousand yards staring" front-line photos of the US military comes from the Pacific War. At that time, American troops attacked the Marshall Islands. In an island battle, all the defenders were killed, and the US military paid the price of more than 200 casualties. On the second day after the war, marine Theodore James Miller returned to the warship, and the photographer captured his expression at that time. & gt& gt Figure: American Marines who came back alive from the battlefield in World War II >: It was not until World War II that the public really understood the true mental state of soldiers, and the participating countries finally officially admitted the mental obstacles caused by the war, and did not try these suffering soldiers in the name of "cowardice"-of course, except Japan. & gt This article comes from WeChat official account: The Big Bang >>