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Artillery in the Great War / Paul Strong and Sanders Marble.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Strong, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Artillery operations.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Artillery was the decisive weapon of the Great War - it dominated the battlefields. Yet the history of artillery during the conflict has been neglected, and its impact on the fighting is inadequately understood. Paul Strong and Sanders Marble, in this important and highly readable study, seek to balance the account.Their work shows that artillery was central to the tactics of the belligerent nations throughout the long course of the conflict, in attack and in defense. They describe, in vivid detail, how in theory and practice the use of artillery developed in different ways among the opposing
- Contents:
- Maps; Introduction; Prologue: Le Cateau; Chapter One - 1914; Chapter Two - 1915; Chapter Three - 1916; Chapter Four - 1917; Chapter Five - 1918; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-299-19869-4
- 1-84468-246-3
- OCLC:
- 797915760
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