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In August 1914, when all these thousands of men were doing these long force marches totaling 100+ miles, what happened to the guys who were overweight and couldn't keep up, or what happened if you needed to stop to take a poo or something? Was it a problem if you fell behind your unit?

by /u/thefourthchipmunk in /r/AskHistorians

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