The Great War
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Select the photograph to enlarge it.Photo: John Warwick Brooke, Imperial War Museums, Public domain

Weapons

Entrenching tool

A digging tool carried by soldiers; the first truly modern one was invented in 1869 by the Danish officer Johan Linnemann. With the introduction of trench warfare in the First World War, entrenching tools became extremely important for digging in under fire.

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Wikidata Q2231101