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Yup. Although not vital to the war, they were useful.
First, WW1 was the first war to use chemical weapons. Due to dogs superior sense of smell, they could smell oncoming gas attacks and and alert their handlers, thus minimizing the effect of the poison gas before gas masks could be donned.
Another use was guarding. This was not really specific to WW1. ...
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