Awesome pictures!!
That was a big ‘meat grinder’. To this day, you have a difficult time finding out why that war even happened.
One thing IS certain: How it ended virtually guaranteed the next one.
>To this day, you have a difficult time finding out why that war even happened.<
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The ball started rolling after a Muslim pulled a trigger in Serajevo.
I suspect the latter is a big part of explaining the former.
The Germans issued a Butcher Blade Bayonet that had versions with a saw back on it. Allied troops disliked it so much they threatened to mutilate Germans they found with it. Many of the Germans ground down the saw kerfs off the ones they had, so the story goes.