Tag: WW1 shell shock

World War I (1914–1918) was a conflict of unprecedented scale and brutality that changed military medicine forever. Sixteen nations mobilized over 65 million soldiers, with 8.5 million killed, 21.2 million wounded, and 7.75 million missing or captured. Beyond the physical carnage, the war introduced psychological trauma on a massive scale, forcing doctors to confront what… Read more