battle fatigue
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Shell shock went by other names in later wars, such as battle fatigue and, today, post-traumatic stress disorder.
From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022
“The members had battle fatigue or something, I guess,” Green told a reporter in 1970.
From Slate • Dec. 21, 2021
He came home with what was then called battle fatigue, what was previously called shell shock, and what is now known as PTSD.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021
The battle fatigue that I have described in hospital staff is also apparent among the general public.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2020
He decided against it, dismissing the words as crazy talk, amounting to nothing more than battle fatigue.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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