TITLE:        Why Soldiers Mounted Giant Hooks on Their Bikes 🪝
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
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HOOK (first 3 seconds spoken):
British soldiers would intentionally mount metal poles with hooks on the

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FULL SCRIPT:
British soldiers would intentionally mount metal poles with hooks on the front of their bikes. You see, retreating Nazis often stretch thin wires across roads that could slit a rider's throat at high speed. So, the British started adding anti-wire posts to cut the wires before they could cut their heads off.

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TIMED:
[000.00] British soldiers would intentionally
[001.60] mount metal poles with hooks on the
[003.36] front of their bikes. You see,
[004.80] retreating Nazis often stretch thin
[006.80] wires across roads that could slit a
[008.60] rider's throat at high speed. So, the
[010.44] British started adding anti-wire posts
[012.60] to cut the wires before they could cut
[014.04] their heads off.
