TITLE:        Why Soldiers Sharpened Their Shovels 🪏
CHANNEL:      The Art Of War  (@theartofwarrr)
URL:          https://youtube.com/watch?v=E9SSeA6O114
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HOOK (first 3 seconds spoken):
Soldiers would intentionally sharpen their shovels like knives before going

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FULL SCRIPT:
Soldiers would intentionally sharpen their shovels like knives before going into the trenches of World War I. You see, in close combat, rifles with bayonets were too long, making soldiers slow and easy targets during an assault. That's why they turn their shovels into deadly weapons, cutting down enemies while defending the trench.

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TIMED:
[000.08] Soldiers would intentionally sharpen
[001.76] their shovels like knives before going
[003.36] into the trenches of World War I. You
[005.28] see, in close combat, rifles with
[006.96] bayonets were too long, making soldiers
[009.04] slow and easy targets during an assault.
[011.20] That's why they turn their shovels into
[012.80] deadly weapons, cutting down enemies
[014.48] while defending the trench.
