It was General Sherman who coined the phrase, “War is Hell”. To most people when the World War I is mentioned images of destruction and casualties come to most people’s minds. Wars are fought because two sides believe that one side is right and the other side is wrong on a particular issue. When men believe these things to be true they fight with a fury most people can’t imagine. World War I …showed first 75 words of 2004 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2004 total…themselves from the torso, and this was not the worst thing. Each body was covered inches deep with a black fur of flies, which flew up into your face, into your mouth, eyes and nostrils as you approached. The bodies crawled with maggots. The bodies had the consistency of Camembert cheese”. (Cloete,1972) General Sherman’s quote from the American Civil War was still true when American’s fought in World War I, “War is Hell”.