How WW1 Soldiers Learned To Fight With Bayonets To Survive

In this video we have a look at the manual for bayonetfencing and how it was teached to the recruits. Interesting is that is was trained by infantry and cavalry. If you want to download the sources go to my website: www.aprussianhussar.de

There you will find everything you need.

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Timestamps:

Intro: 0:00
Quotes from Sources: 1:00
The Manual for Bayonetfencing: 3:04
Exercises: 5:00
Exercises with gun: 7:00
Conclusion 11:56

The books and sources I used for this video:

Heinrich Graf von Reichenbach (Ed.): Als Husar im I. Weltkrieg. Briefe, Tagebuchauszüge und Fotographien des Freihern Albrecht von Knigge, Berlin 2014.
D.V.E. Bajonettirvorschrift für die Infantrie, Berlin 1901

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