The Terrifying Way Mud Killed Armies

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~~Video Description~~

Mud is an 'element' often discussed in military history, yet little understood. We usually associate it with bogged down baggage trains and tank treads- but for the people who had to experience it on the ground, it was so much more. Mud was a terror. It was Hell. That doesn't only apply to the First World War, either. While the trenches of Flanders are perhaps the most notorious example of this principle, it applied well to many other time periods as well, including the Napoleonic Era and the American Civil War. In this video, we'll examine some of the many primary accounts from these time periods and more which go into detail on exactly how horrible that putrescent slime could become.

~~Sources & Further Reading On This Topic~~

` The Ministry for History's excellent video on the Siege of Sebastopol:
   • Crimean War Logistics & the Great Sto...  

` "Mud in World War I" Article: https://conflictarchaeology1.files.wo...

` The voice recordings from WW1 Veterans in this video are found here: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices...

The following sources may all be found at https://www.nativeoak.org/library as free PDFs
- "A Soldier's Experience, A Voice from the Ranks"
- "Mud and Khaki, Sketches from Flanders and France"
- "Recollections of an Officer of Napoleon's Army"
- "What a Boy Saw in the Army"
- "With the British on the Somme"
- "Bullet and Shell"

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~~Timestamps~~
00:00 Introduction
01:15 Mired in Mud
10:05 Sponsored Section
11:53 Drowned in Mud
26:12 Conclusion