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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: michael97123 who wrote (177595)12/9/2005 2:02:30 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
The invention of gunfire similarly changed the width of people - skinny ones would be missed, while bigger blokes, who had historically been excellent in wars because of bulk, were suddenly easy targets.

With rows of soldiers lined up in rank and file, a volley of shot would preferentially weed out the big ones.

< after WW1, the french lost 2 inches in hight because of trench warfare. Prior to WW1 they had been europes tallest people and the tall were the most vulnerable. >

Surely the tall ones crouched down.

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