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Explanation: After some three years of European powers brutally bludgeoning, bayoneting, machine-gunning, and using chemical weapons on each other in WW1, the Americans entered the war. We, of course, immediately indulged in the same bludgeoning, bayoneting, machine-gunning, and chemical weapons as every else did, but we also brought a large quantity of pump-action shotguns to the fight, with brutal effect in the tight confines of the trenches.
The German Empire lodged a formal complaint that the use of shotguns was against the laws of war due to the inhumane nature of the weapon. "Lol", said everyone else, "lmao"
"Jerry" is a nickname for German soldiers; just as British troops were sometimes called "Tommy".
Didn't the germans also kill anyone who was caught with a shotgun in an attempt to stop the americans from using it?
They made the threat, but I don't believe they carried through with it; I believe we made a counter-threat to execute German soldiers in retaliation if they did, which was enough to dissuade them.
Was it a threat specifically to shoot them with a shotgun?