Storm of Steel

War has a massive effect on civilians, soldiers, and land. Civilians have an awkward spot in time of war. If they are on side of the invading nation, civilians have less to worry about, but if they are not, many flee their homes to avoid the artillery shells and general destruction. The soldiers usually raid the homes of anything considered valuable in times of war. The civilians may end up dead or at best homeless. Soldiers have much more death to face. Obviously being soldiers in a war means that death is likely. The soldiers had to deal with artillery, bullets, disease, infection, capture, and many other types of unfavorable conditions. Since communication was very slow in 1914, many times soldiers would have to sit around waiting for orders, much like the soldiers in Storm of Steel. War is very devastating to land because the gigantic holes that are made by artillery shells. The artillery shells contain a lot of chemicals that aren't very good for the earth. The digging and digging of the trenches scar the earth.