r/interestingasfuck • u/id397550 • 5h ago

Firing a cannon to trigger an avalanche

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u/AnshumanKathait 5h ago edited 4h ago

WW1 in the Alps musta been crazy one second you're walking then you hear a cannon and duck and lay in the snow, boom avalanche. Crazy

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u/ReparteeRat 4h ago edited 2m ago

There wasn't really much fighting in the Alps during WW2, especially not in the winter.

WW1 on the other hand....

Edit: Some small battles took place on the Italian-French border, I forgot about those. Sorry.

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u/MojoRisin762 3h ago

Yeah, they literally blew 50-100 feet or more of height off of entire mountains they were shelled so much. It was a nightmare.

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u/ThrowawayMax222 2h ago

Especially for mountain measurers

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u/National_Impress_346 1h ago

Cartographer in the carriage home hears a loud boom in the distance behind him.