"Why US troops in World War I ditched the bayonet for" Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Jul 2020 9:09 p.m. PST |
…the shovel. "World War I brought a new kind of fighting to the world. Wars were no longer conducted on an open field of battle with colorful uniforms in an effort to outmaneuver the opposing armies. Wars from henceforth would be mechanized factories of wholesale slaughter, fought by men covered in mud, killing each other with any means at their disposal. But in those grim early days, it was a surprise to all involved. Like most troops, however, those fighting the Great War adapted pretty fast. One of the weapons they adapted saw the development of their entrenching tool as a weapon of war…" link
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| Old Wolfman | 28 Jul 2020 10:40 a.m. PST |
Reminds me of the "John-Boy " version of "All Quiet On The Western Front" when Ernest Borgnine (Kat)is telling some fresh rookies that their spades are better than bayonets,and "cleaner" |
| Choctaw | 28 Jul 2020 11:11 a.m. PST |
I thought the same thing, Wolfman. |
| Tango01 | 28 Jul 2020 12:07 p.m. PST |
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| monk2002uk | 28 Jul 2020 1:08 p.m. PST |
Likely picked up from the Germans, who used sharpened entrenching tools from the earliest weeks of the war. Westmann describes using one in his autobiography. Robert |
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dips his toe into the Russo-Japanese War.