Bad War
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"Bad War[1]" is the informal title of an engraving by Hans Holbein the Younger. It is in the Albertina, Vienna.
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Depiction
Swiss and Landsknecht soldiers engage in the exceptionally-fierce hand to hand combat known as The long spear shafts are their pikes, which became awkward to handle if the push of pike became too disorganized. In that case, halberds and swords became the deadliest weapons.
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