Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "Royal Marines - Anonymous Warfare - Latvian Riflemen I OUT OF THE TRENCHES" video.

I did read that something like 0.001% of all combat deaths were in WW 1 were due to the use of the bayonet. There are recorded instances of British troops who when faced with a German soldier at close range and with the bayonet attached to their rifles would still shoot the German rather then use the bayonet. It seems that the physical act of stabbing someone with it was just to much of a step for many people. This may also be because shooting the enemy would have been less of a danger to themselves. i remember reading about the US Armies Sergeant York the day he won the Congressional Medal of Honour. While at the front line they came across a number of dead US and German soldier several of whom had died while simultaneously killing their opponent. They had each stabbed the other with their bayonet.
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