Tag: Military innovation
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Early Canned Food Required Soldiers to Open Cans with Bayonets
In the early days of canned food history, the process of preserving food for military rations was a challenging endeavor. The quest for effective food preservation methods began in the late 18th century when the French government offered a prize to anyone who could develop a reliable technique to prevent food spoilage for soldiers on…
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France Began Building a Decoy Paris in WWI to Fool German Bombers
During World War I, the French aviation services hatched an ingenious plan to protect Paris from devastating aerial attacks by German bombers. The idea was to construct a fake version of the city, complete with sham streets, railways, and replicas of iconic landmarks, to lure enemy pilots away from the real French capital. This wartime…