I mean war always has been a part of our life since the first civilizations was established. I’m sure “shellshock” wasn’t only caused by artilery shots.
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The Revolutionary / Napoleonic / Civil Wars definitely had cannon fire and trauma, but WW1 had hundreds of thousands of troops in close proximity taking on thousands and thousands of even larger shells in short proximity day in and day out. At points it sounded like a drumroll for hours. It was more extreme on every level, basically. So it resulted in more frequent and widespread trauma.
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