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GCSE History · key term
Small metal pieces or balls scattered by exploding shells, which could penetrate the body and cause serious wounds.
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Paper 1
Revise: Injuries, Illnesses and Gas AttacksExploding artillery shells could tear away limbs and scatter shrapnel: small metal pieces or balls that struck soldiers at speed. Fragments could become embedded in the body, damaging tissue and bones. Soldiers exposed in no-man’s-land were especially vulnerable because they lacked the protection of trench cover.
Match your examples to the question: trench foot and trench fever are illnesses linked to trench conditions; bullet and shrapnel wounds are injuries caused by weapons.
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