Military History of the Bicycle
Military History of the Bicycle Almost as soon as a viable metal-framed bike was invented, it was put to military use, offering a much cheaper, less fragile and less logistically demanding…
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Military History of the Bicycle
Almost as soon as a viable metal-framed bike was invented, it was put to military use, offering a much cheaper, less fragile and less logistically demanding alternative to horse transport. John Norris traces traces the development of military cycling from first experiments, including early (often flawed) designs for armed and multi-passenger versions. Widely used in many armies from the late 19th century, through both world wars and beyond, the bicycle really is the forgotten war machine.
In the Second World War, the Japanese used over fifty thousand bicycles in the conquest of Malaya and the German He explains how any why bikes were used for rapid movement of infantry units as well as carrying messages and other tasks.First used in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, then by both sides in the Boer War, they were widely adopted throughout Europe before the First World War.
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