(1918) WWI veterans: shell shock sequels, war neurosis.[4k, 60fps, colorized]

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The term "shell shock" was coined by the soldiers themselves. Symptoms included fatigue, tremor, confusion, nightmares and impaired sight and hearing. It was often diagnosed when a soldier was unable to function and no obvious cause could be identified. Because many of the symptoms were physical, it bore little overt resemblance to the modern diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder.

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And meanwhile the people who started the war were sitting in their expensive houses enjoying their life.

[estebanmoreno]

most of these people where 19th century style farmers, they would use horses for plowing, some had never seen a car, some didn't know what a plane was, i imagine seeing all that heavy machinery for the first time, not knowing a war like that could even exist and living through it all must have been hell on earth

[woffydoggy]

My heart has broken with the first video. This healthy, strong adult, frightened like a kid only with the sight of a military cap. How much pain suffered this poor soul to be completely broken like this? Peace for every of them, and others like them.

[Nationalist]

the clip where the man hid under the bed broke my heart, he still remembers the artillery fire, the gunfire, the screams, deaths, mud gore and everything else

[vargaso]

My grandfather was a WWII vet, fought in D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, helped concentration camp victims, the whole 9 yards. He woke up screaming and/or kicked and clawed at my grandmother in his sleep most nights from nightmares about the war. They ended up sleeping in separate beds. My dad told me they went to see Kelly's Heroes at the theater when it came out. There's a scene where Kelly orders a solider to clear a minefield and the kid gets blown up, and my grandfather had to get up and leave then because he had ordered a soldier to do exactly the same thing with the same results.

I never knew all this until I was an adult. My grandfather was always the most cheerful, fun older person I had ever known as a kid. It's hard to imagine all the pain he was hiding.

[vkgiotis]

What evil things have we humans done to ourselves throughout history? It's a miracle that we are still alive.

[purpoz]

My uncle fought in the French legions in Vietnam and when he came back he was unrecognizable, after a few years he died of alcohol addiction. Blessings for all those poor soldiers.

[alexandertiberius]

The poor soul at 0:49 you can see he never left that battlefield.

[patrickthomas]

I had a great-uncle who fought in WW1 and came home “shell shocked” as they used to call it. He apparently never married and spent all of his free time alone in his bedroom for the rest of his life until he passed away in the late 1960s. He never wanted to be around anyone. So sad.

[alancosta]

As a Wehrmacht soldier once wrote, regardless of whether he was from the Wehrmacht, he was right:

"War is the stage where young people who don't know each other and don't hate each other, kill each other for old people who know and hate each other, but don't have the courage to kill themselves."

[abestm]

I am 70 now. I did 10 years in the RAF in 1970 at 17 until 28 in 1980. In those youthful days & my earlier childhood. I saw many people with ailments like these chaps. Many with terrible disfigurations to their bodies and faces. People with limbs missing faces half missing. I felt great compassion for them because the hardest part of their lives was dealing with doing everyday things like shopping while people would just stare and gawp at them without any comprehension that they were making the unfortunate's feel even more alien in a society they had fought for. Sadly, 98% of them, were not WW2 Wounded but WW1. People these days dont appreciate the horrors of war that were so widespread because they can no longer see the evidence. Those I saw in my youth, have long since passed. Thank you for this Video, lest we forget.

[lizardking]

I held tough but broke at dude hiding under his bed. The lack of understanding and treatment at the time breaks my heart

[noodles]

This is heartbreaking. A whole generation of young men/boys lost to a depraved war. And did we learn anything from it? No we didn't

[henricothemonke]

The first is a heart-breaking the man can’t bear seeing a hat that he wore while in combat, he starts shivering and walking away, heartbreaking just heartbreaking.

[frankhodgson]

My grandmother’s father and his brother fought on the western front in WW1. They were both lieutenants; cavalry men. They were in the 20th Hassars in the battle of Cambrai where my great grandfather sustained an injury and his brother lost his life.

The military report: “On November 27th, 1917 at the Battle of Cambrai in Bourlon Wood, Cecil and Philip Woold were hit by a German shell, seriously wounding both. The regiment had been under attack all day without receiving instruction. On their left side they fought uncovered while on their right they fought alongside the Irish Guard. The ceaseless attack of shells led their major to leave the safety of the trenches and walk in the battlefield in hopes of inspiring the men to keep fighting. When the major was hit by a shell, Cecil and Philip left the trenches to bring him back to safety, but a shell exploded between them, injuring them both. Philip was sent to recover at Fishmonger Hall, which was set up as a temporary hospital. Cecil died two days after the attack, at the age of thirty, due to the injuries he received.”

Lest we forget.

[ironlungslc]

My great grand father ( wilfred colegate) fought in both world war 1 and 2 got mustered gassed by Germans was given 6 months to live. He died 20 odd years later! My dad said he never spoke of the wars. Respect to all who was in the wars !

[eliglor]

Seeing how these poor shattered men are being treated/handled so harshly by the doctors/staff is absolutely heartbreaking.

[EvanBiser]

A lot of this was actual brain damage, the over pressure blasts from artillery gave everyone severe concussions. Pile on top of that the other horrors these men had to endure and this is the result. These poor men experienced something that’s impossible to even imagine.

Edit: Ok obviously this is a far more complicated topic than I let on initially. Please read through the comments to get a more complete view of this phenomenon. Don’t just take my word. There’s also plenty of other sources online. But I still believe brain damage from what they experienced still contributes greatly to their psychological condition.

[davidsf]

Its been over 100 years since WWI. Humans are still fighting. We will never learn. This is our tragedy. 😢