tells of the terrors of trench life - all fleas, bangs and number twos in a bucket; and hears a frustrated captain try to explain the not-so-simple reasons for Britain joining the war. Horrible ...

Horrible Histories also divulges more about the extraordinary ... behind when their fathers and brothers went to fight in the trenches. CBBC Productions - 3x30 minutes. My Story World War One ...

Dan Snow:When the war ended, life in the trenches was captured again and again in poems, novels, art and later films, all of which powerfully put across the horrible conditions soldiers experienced.