King of battle : artillery in World War I / edited by Sanders Marble.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marble, Sanders, editor.

Series:

History of warfare ; Volume 108.

History of Warfare, 1385-7827 ; Volume 108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Artillery operations.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (394 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In King of Battle: Artillery in World War I , a distinguished array of authors examines the centrepiece of battle in the Great War: artillery. Going beyond the usual tables of calibres and ranges, the contributors consider the organization and technology of artillery, as well as present aspects of training, doctrine, and other national idiosyncrasies. Artillery dominated the battlefields of World War I, and forever changed the military doctrine of war. No nation that had participated in significant ground combat would blithely assume that morale could ever replace firepower. The essays included in this volume explain how twelve countries, including all the major combatants, handled artillery and how it affected the Great War. Contributors include Filippo Cappellano, Boyd Dastrup, Edward J. Erickson, Bruce Gudmundsson, James Lyon, Sanders Marble, Janice E. McKenney, Dmitre Minchev, Andrey Pavlov, Kaushik Roy, Cornel and Ioan Scafes, John Schindler, and David Zabecki.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 Introduction / Bruce Gudmundsson

2 The British Artillery in World War I / Sanders Marble

3 The French Artillery in the First World War / Bruce Gudmundsson

4 German Artillery in the First World War / David T. Zabecki

5 Austria-Hungary in the First World War / John R. Schindler

6 Bulgarian Artillery in the First World War / Dimitre Minchev

7 Ottoman Army Artillery in the First World War / Edward J. Erickson

8 Italian Artillery during the First World War: Its Structural, Organic, Tactical and Material Evolution / Filippo Cappellano

9 Serbia’s Artillery during the First World War / James Lyon

10 Russian Artillery / Andrey Pavlov

11 United States Field Artillery in World War I / Janice McKenney

12 Artillery of the Army in India in World War I / Kaushik Roy

13 Romanian Artillery in the First World War / Cornel Scafeş and Ioan Scafeş

14 Conclusion: Artillery as a Result of World War I / Boyd Dastrup

Index / Sanders Marble.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-30728-1

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004307285 DOI