How Did Spruce Trees Fight the Nazis? | Mossback's Northwest

How did spruce trees help to fight the Nazis? World War I transformed the Northwest timber industry to ensure the supply of Sitka spruce for building airplanes to fight the Red Baron. With men away at the front, women were tapped to work in the woods during both world wars - the so-called "Lumberjills." Not only did spruce help fight the Nazis, logging the trees made a major impact on labor in the woods. Watch more episodes of Mossback's Northwest:    • Mossback’s Northwest   Go deeper on this episode with the Mossback podcast: https://crosscut.com/podcast/mossback Follow Cascade PBS on Instagram:   / cascadepbs   Watch more from Cascade PBS: https://www.cascadepbs.org