Canadian Raiders | Canada World War I
Channel: Miasma Reading
Date: 2024-03-07

One of the most feared strategies operated by Canadians was their large-scale, nighttime raids that dominated No Man's Land and enemy trenches. Although Central Power and Allied Forces were encouraged to conduct trench raids, Canadians became some of the most offensive experts and innovators of the deadly technique. Though several Canadians opposed the dangerous practice, the raiders, also known as stunts, were often volunteers or men who were volunteered for the task. They would sneak up on unsuspecting, sleeping Germans and engage them in brutal hand-to-hand combat using weapons such as grenades, bayonets, machine guns, and homemade weapons. They would destroy what they could, finish the raid objectives, collect bits of intelligence, amass souvenirs, and retreat.

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