The Lost Battalion of World War I," "but the story otherwise may be apocryphal." The message read: "We are along the road parallel 276.4. Our own artillery is dropping a barrage directly on us.
Today, the 56th Artillery Command’s presence at the 80th-anniversary commemoration serves as a tribute to its historical ties ...
A film projected on the inner surface of a crater display will use narration, light and sound to captivate guests and show what WWI artillery was really like. The FT-17 Renault Tank will be ...
In the battlefield conditions of WW1 this meant an average of 500 rounds ... real threat to soldiers in the trenches was the brutal artillery bombardments: "Artillery was the killer; artillery ...
The British generals staged a massive artillery bombardment and sent 100,000 men over the top to take the German trenches. They were confident of victory. But the British soldiers were unable to ...