NOTE: This was an answer to a SHORT-ESSAY Question, confined to 500 words. Question: (Summarized) During the Reforms of the Imperial Army (RUSSIAN) in 1870s, do you agree or disagree with the viewpoint of the Military Academy Elite that "The bullet's a fool, the bayonet's a fine lad." Answer: I highly disagree with the statement "The bullet's a fool, the bayonet's a fine lad." As the emergence of modern warfare was in full bloom, the reliance …
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…underlying damage of the "bayonet charge" could still be noted. In this, of course, is the reference to the Russian fanaticism of the Offense and their almost complete avoidance of Defensive measures and tactics except as a launching for further offensives. This would prove the case until after WWI, where, finally, the Bayonet was laid to rest and the allure of its Cold Steel honor was erased from the military tactics of the Russian military.