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When soldiers dropped food and things like that, that would attract rats. The rats started living in the trenches in small holes and things like that. As they multiplied they became bolder and started eating while men were around. This is the gross bit. The rats became so big they started eating corpses of men!
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Animals in trenches?
Large rats lice There were also messenger animals like pigeons and dogs which were used to carry important messages across. Some of these animals even received medals.
Are Rats Mutants?
No
Why were thy called rats of tobruk?
Becasue during German propaganda radio broadcasts 'Lord Haw Haw' as called by Allied troops, would refer to the Tobruk garrison as "poor desert rats of Tobruk", mocking them and saying that they were caught like rats in a trap, and that they could not get out. When he was saying this he was specificaly refering to the Australian troops, the 9th Division and 18th Brigade. They then adopted this and became known as the 'Rats of Tobruk'.
Should the era be ratified?
NO, NO ONE LIKES RATS.
What caused the deaths of millions of men in the trenches?
The greatest killer of troops during WW1 was the flu virus, not military action.
