Today I learned on Nostr: TIL during WWII, the U.S. began a plan to train up to 2 million attack dogs to storm ...

TIL during WWII, the U.S. began a plan to train up to 2 million attack dogs to storm Japanese-held islands, but the project faced many issues. Some dogs feared shellfire, others were too docile, and many did not properly respond to their beach-crossing training. Millions spent, it was abandoned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_warfare
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