Why was the bayonet considered old-fashioned during world war 1?

The bayonet was not considered old-fashioned during World War 1. It was still a very effective weapon and was used extensively in trench warfare.

Hephthalites, the White Huns who created an empire in Central Asia
We generally know and study the colossal mosaic ofpeoples and ethnic groups who lived in the transition from Antiquity to the Medieval focusing attention on the movements of barbarian peoples to the west. However, some moved in the opposite direction and we lose track of them a little in the immens
Quintus Pompey Senecion Sosius Priscus, the Roman with the longest known name
In the article that we dedicated to the names of women in ancient Rome, we already said that the Roman nomination was more complex than is believed. Both in cinema and in literature we have become accustomed to seeing the typical compound names but in reality that did not obey free will but rather r
Sumerians - Mesopotamia:Phalanx in the 3rd millennium BC... Like the Greeks?
The Sumerians were an unknown people. Even the name by which they are known was given to them by archaeologists in the 19th century. Nevertheless, they left behind strong marks of their military art. From at least the 5th millennium, a great civilization flourished on the banks of the Tigris and Eup
A sea of white flags
On May 1, the 6th Armored Division was at Bou-Ficha, directly in the rear of the former Rommel army.On May 12, marching from Bou-Ficha towards the south, it attacked in reverse this army, supported by an intense aerial bombardment of the Western Desert Air Force and by its artillery firing from nort