Tolkien fought in the trenches of WW1 and it left a mark on him. Mordor and the way orcs treat land are especially influenced by his experience. People started

Tolkien fought in the trenches of WW1 and it left a mark on him. Mordor and the way orcs treat land are especially influenced by his experience. People started to call this type of landscape "moonscape". https://acoup.blog/2019/10/18/collections-the-battlefield-after-the-battle/ https://acoup.blog/2019/10/18/collections-the-battlefield-af...