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WWI Commanders Blamed Soldiers for Trench Foot as Thousands Lost Their Feet

By winter 1914, tens of thousands of Allied soldiers were losing their feet to trench foot — a condition their commanders understood, concealed, and blamed on the men suffering from it. This is how military brass turned a preventable epidemic into a kept secret. The post WWI Commanders Blamed Soldiers for Trench Foot as Thousands Lost Their Feet appeared first on History Collection.
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HistoryCollection.com broke the news on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.
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