Western Front (World War I) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in Fra...
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Trench warfare - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Trench warfare was a form of warfare in which both combatants occupied static fortified fighting lines, consisting largely of trenches, in which troops were largely immune to the enemy's small arms f...
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Henry W. Miller, The Paris Gun: The Bombardment of Paris by the German Long Range Guns and the Great German Offensive of 1918, ... Ian V. Hogg was a notable United Kingdom author of books on firearms, artillery, ammunition, and fortification, as well as biographies of several famous General.... , The Guns 1914 -18,
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From 1914-1918 the city became the focus of fighting between the Imperial German Armies of Emperor Wilhem II and the Allied Armies of Belgium, France and Great Britain. The First Battle of Ypres began in mid October 1914. It was the first of four long battles fighting over possession of this ancient city.
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The region is famous for growing hops. Poperinge is home to the national hop museum. There are over 800 different types of beer in Belgium. One of the famous local beers is Sixtus, ... Because of its importance to the military behind the front Allied lines, the town was frequently targetted by long range German artillery.
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On May 23rd 1915 the Italian Fort Verena fired the first shots aimed at Austrian Fort Luserna. Fort Verena ,higher in elevation and armed with 149G long range cannons was unable to direct fire with precision due to high altitude winds and poor quality weapons. ... Road tractor and gun tube car ... M11 Battery in Belgium...
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The superheavy and long range artillery ... The Germans had, throughout all the war, their quite efficient field gun of 77 mm, with a lengthened tube for a greater range since 1916. But numerous other calibers were also used in their field artillery, including the famous 100 and 105 mm. ... THE ARTILLERY IN FIRST WORLD WAR...
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German Policy in Occupied Belgium, 1914-1918 by David Menichetti* ... The German advance stalled at the Marne river in Northern France, and four long years of trench warfare loomed ahead for both sides. ... The first deals with German prison camps in Belgium, where new inmates had to state their precise nationality for...
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WESTERN FRONT; Belgium-France ... Paris bombarded by long-range German gun from distance of seventy-six miles. ... ; May 27. Germans breach Allied line over forty-mile front between Soissons and Rheims; famous Chemin des Dames ridge being captured in first rush.
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