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 handtohand melee arms of the First World War specifically trench knives, trench clubs, and field spades. The upclose 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