The first use of mechanically-fused high-explosive land mines took place in this war.
- The American Civil War
- The Russo-Japanese War
- The Spanish-American War
- World War One
The American Civil War. The Confederate troops planted a number of land mines, then called torpedoes, as they evacuated Yorktown, VA in 1862.
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