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TIL of The Sawback Blade Bayonet. A German knife used in WW1 that would pull out the insides of it’s victims and cause inevitable and painful death. They were recalled by the German military because British and French soldiers would torture and kill any soldiers caught with one, on principle.

by whatilearned May 19, 2023, 10:12 pm

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TIL that in World War 1, the American Expeditionary Forces attempted to enforce Jim Crow laws on the French to regulate the treatment of Black soldiers and officers. This was done because they were worried that these individuals were being treated with excessive familiarity and indulgence.

by whatilearned May 15, 2023, 10:48 am

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Poor living conditions, lack of basic hygiene, and prolonged war situation made the soldiers and civilians vulnerable to multiple deadly diseases during World War 1

by HistoryBuff May 14, 2023, 7:57 pm

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TIL that Nazi Field Marshal Ferdinand Schörner was especially harsh on deserters, even putting out an order in 1945 that all soldiers found deserting were to be court-martialled and immediately hung, and that later that year he deserted his own post.

by whatilearned May 10, 2023, 10:06 pm

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TIL that the elite force of soldiers in 4th century Thebes was 300 homosexual lovers (150 pairs) called Sacred Band of Thebes. They ended Spartan domination in Greece.

by whatilearned May 10, 2023, 8:09 am

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TIL some of the last German Soldiers to fight the Red Army during the Battle of Berlin were in fact foreign volunteers of the Waffen SS. Frenchmen of the 33rd Charlemagne Division and Scandinavians of the 11th Nordland Division joined together as some of the last defenders of the Third Reich.

by whatilearned May 8, 2023, 9:30 am

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TIL that during WWII, the Germans had official brothels for their soldiers and sailors.

by whatilearned May 6, 2023, 12:54 am

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I don’t understand ISIS’s aversion to facing female soldiers.

by CopyPastaArchive May 2, 2023, 2:29 pm

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TIL that six American soldiers have defected to North Korea after the end of the Korean War.

by whatilearned April 28, 2023, 4:13 pm

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TIL that in Ancient Rome, citizens and soldiers drank an average of 100 gallons (~450 litres) of wine per year

by whatilearned April 17, 2023, 11:15 am

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TIL that in 1984, the Japanese Army Veterans Association, in an attempt to refute wartime atrocities, interviewed former WWII soldiers. Instead of denial, the soldiers freely admitted and described atrocities committed, resulting in the association publishing an apology the following year.

by whatilearned April 17, 2023, 4:02 am

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TIL that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortes had lost much of his veteran forces (who knew how to fight the Aztecs) and was in a desperate situation, when smallpox began to turn the tide in his favour by killing many fit young Aztec soldiers and hitting the Aztec hierarchy hard.

by whatilearned April 16, 2023, 1:21 am

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