"War without boots" Topic
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Tango01  | 05 Aug 2025 4:25 p.m. PST |
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What are windings and why did the Russian army change its shoes on the roads of the Great War? "The boot of the Russian soldier" – for centuries of domestic stories This expression has become almost an idiom. At different times, these boots trampled the streets of Paris, Berlin, Beijing and many other capitals. But for the First World War, the words about the "soldier's boot" became an obvious exaggeration – in 1915-1917. most of the soldiers of the Russian Imperial Army did not wear boots anymore. Even those who are far from military history, according to old photographs and newsreel frames – and not only the First World War, but also the Great Patriotic War – are remembered for the 21st century outlandish "bandages" of soldiers on their feet. More advanced ones remember that such "bandages" are called windings. But few people know how and why this strange and long-disappeared subject of army shoes appeared. And almost no one knows how they were worn and why they were needed…" link
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| Shagnasty | 06 Aug 2025 9:15 a.m. PST |
I've always seen them referred to as "puttees." |
| Tango01 | 14 Aug 2025 10:10 p.m. PST |
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