ByteOnBikes@discuss.online to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 20 days agoUS Military never really trained for these types of dog and pony showsdiscuss.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square289fedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down141file-text
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minus-squareVegOwOtenks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·19 days agoI think this is what they are referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge. TL;DR: The bridge collapsed because soldiers marching on it created force they hadn’t anticipated, soldiers breaking step supposedly don’t have as much of an impact.
I think this is what they are referring to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broughton_Suspension_Bridge.
TL;DR: The bridge collapsed because soldiers marching on it created force they hadn’t anticipated, soldiers breaking step supposedly don’t have as much of an impact.