Why Historical Weapons Didn't Need To Kill Lots Of People To Be Important In Warfare

It's a fairly well known fact that bayonets didn't kill a lot of people in WW1, yet the annals of WW1 history are full of mentions of bayonet use. This can be said of swords in medieval history, for some of the same reasons. Here we look at a common modern myth about historical warfare which needs to be clarified.
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