Hand Weapons of World War One: Knife, Club, & Spade

If you are interested in this subject, you should definitely go check out The Great War: Today we are discussing some of the hand-to-hand melee arms of the First World War - specifically trench knives, trench clubs, and field spades. The up-close confined nature of trench warfare in WWI was not anticipated by its planners, and the infantry rifle/bayonet combination which had been developed for use on the open field was of little use in the tre