The trench foot – Suffering in wetness and mud - Epilogue

Epilogue

And after the First World War? The history of the "trench foot" was not finished. From the beaches of Normandy in 1944 over the war in Vietnam ("jungle rot") to the Falkland War this disease remained a sad companion of the soldiers in many wars. But not only there. Even in 1985 the Bundeswehr (German Army) observed impairments when the drills were long. Certainly military doctors nowadays know much more about prevention, but reality does not always allow for the necessary means.

by Stefan Slaby