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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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Lessons from Germany’s ‘Spring Offensive,’ 100 Years Later
German general Erich Ludendorff thought he could win World War I with one final blow ... Germany had refined new rolling artillery barrages. Its dreaded “Stormtroopers” had mastered dispersed ...