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wearing--this is true, I couldn't invent this--
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bright red pants that could be seen through the mists by troops changed
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to more subtle colors by the end of the war,
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to give them a better chance.
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And, so, that was the trench, and when you were going to attack
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what you would do is climb up over the trench,
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nd then face this machinegun fire, and get as far as you could.
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Many did not get very far at all.
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And there is--get your head down and hope it doesn't land on you.
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That's how most people died, the majority of people died through
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shelling, in these kinds of creeping barrages or just basic shelling.
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Sharpshooters were also a problem.