Disease in wars has been a serious issue in the past. Especially in World War I. In WWI battles were usually fought in long holes in the ground that spanned for hundreds of yards called trenches. WWI was so devastating because these trenches were so grotesquely unsanitary. They were unsanitary for a myriad of reasons. The most prominent ones are that the trenches were full of waste and the rain water that filled up the trenches which made it easier to breed bacteria.
During WWI soldiers rarely left the trenches. It was basically where they lived for months on end. They ate, slept, and fought in those trenches. Soon after months of being occupied they began to fill up with spoiled food, human waste and even bodies. All this rotting material was full of bacteria which made everybody near the waste sick.
When one thinks of rain water having a negative affect on the trenches they doubt the thought. Unfortunately they are wrong. The water helped carry debris like waste, spoiled meat, bodies and other vile things. It also helped breed bacteria also making everyone sick. Overall war and disease should never go together.
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