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The Astounding Story Of The Paris Gun, The German Superweapon Used During World War I
"[The shells] simply dropped from space like some huge meteorite." On March 21, 1918, terror suddenly rained down from the ...
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First World War German howitzer found buried at the PNE
The most prominent local First World War trophy gun was a large howitzer that was installed at the Georgia Street entrance to ...
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World War I-era howitzer found buried at Vancouver fair grounds
The PNE grounds have been used for a lot of things over the years, and artillery storage appears to have been one purpose ...
‘Described as a cannon’: Crews dig up WWI artillery piece at PNE in B.C.
A piece of World War One field artillery has been found by crews excavating the site of a new amphitheater at the PNE grounds ...
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World War One: The global conflict that defined a century
The first shots of World War One are fired in Africa ... the Western Front at the Somme. He thinks an artillery bombardment will silence the German guns and allow his infantry to break through.