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Re:Anatomy of a World War I Artillery Barrage by spatulan on Monday July 04, 2016 @04:42PM (#12032887)
The Germans fired nearly as many shells, 1,100,000, in just the first five hours of the 1918 Spring Offensive.
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Re:Anatomy of a World War I Artillery Barrage by Aelinsaar on Monday July 04, 2016 @05:59PM (#12033241)
It just represents a vast amount of energy, and human endeavor, literally blown away.
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Re:Anatomy of a World War I Artillery Barrage by xufi on Monday July 04, 2016 @08:01PM (#12033659)
Interesting fact, I do remember reading they were trying to make a last minute siege near by the end of the year.
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