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> The minimum height for infantry was lowered from 5ft 6in to 5ft 3in, then later to 5ft, in just two decades. I suspect this has way more to do with WWI than
by bglazer 11y ago
> The minimum height for infantry was lowered from 5ft 6in to 5ft 3in, then later to 5ft, in just two decades.
I suspect this has way more to do with WWI than cheap sugar.
- rjsw 11y agoThe problems in recruiting healthy men were seen for the Boer Wars, long before WWI.