Open AccessEvacuation and care of servicemen with open femoral fractures in flanders (1914–1918)
Author(s) -
John Kirkup
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
bulletin of the royal college of surgeons of england
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1478-7075
pISSN - 1473-6357
DOI - 10.1308/rcsbull.2014.96.10.336
Subject(s) - desert (philosophy) , terrain , trench , archaeology , geography , history , geology , political science , law , cartography , chemistry , organic chemistry , layer (electronics)
The static trench warfare that emerged on the Flanders plain during 1914 departed from previous concepts of military confrontation owing to this terrain’s particular geology and climate. Unlike fuctuating battles in desert, the hilly and mountainous conditions, rich low-lying farm lands and frequent rainfall generated handicapping mud, churned up by thousands of soldiers, horses, military vehicles and shell-fire ( Figure 1 ).