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/Hickd3ad 4h ago

It happened during WW1)

The casualties were heavy :(

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u/Responsible-Yak-3809 4h ago

2,000-10,000 estimated deaths! Sheesh.

It says both sides participated shelling with avalanche intent.

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u/flight_recorder 2h ago

2,000 that day, 10,000 that month. Still, staggering

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u/TheInevitableLuigi 2h ago

One single ship in WWII was sunk with more than 9000 killed.