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In the recent WWI documentary 'They Shall Not Grow Old' it is stated that the Prussian regiments were considered to be more 'fanatical' and 'aggressive', and that at one point a Bavarian regiment warned their British opponents that their relief was Prussian. Is there evidence to support this?

by /u/ThePremiumPedant in /r/AskHistorians

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