TITLE:        Why Did British Soldiers Wear Chainmail?
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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British soldiers intentionally attached chain mail to their helmets before going

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British soldiers intentionally attached chain mail to their helmets before going into battle in World War I. They did this because during bombardments, rocks and concrete in the trenches would shatter into fragments. And these tiny pieces of shrapnel could blind a soldier instantly. That's why they started wearing chain mail glasses, stopping small fragments and protecting their

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[000.08] British soldiers intentionally attached
[001.92] chain mail to their helmets before going
[003.60] into battle in World War I. They did
[005.84] this because during bombardments, rocks
[007.76] and concrete in the trenches would
[009.36] shatter into fragments. And these tiny
[011.52] pieces of shrapnel could blind a soldier
[013.52] instantly. That's why they started
[015.20] wearing chain mail glasses, stopping
[017.12] small fragments and protecting their
