World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics

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World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics

Description

As the First World War bogged down across Europe resulting in the establishment of trench systems, artillery began to grow in military importance.

Never before had the use of artillery been so vital, and to this day the ferocity, duration and widespread use of artillery across the trenches of Europe has never been replicated. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this groundbreaking study explains and illustrates the enormous advances in the use of artillery that took place between 1914 and 1918, the central part artillery played in World War I and how it was used throughout the war, with particular emphasis on the Western Front.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Artillery in 1914: France, Britain, Germany
The war of movement, 1914–15
Industrial war, 1915–17 (including entry of USA into war)
New war, 1917–18: motorisation – mobility – defence in depth – air defence
Artillery in 1918
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published 20 Dec 2014
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 64
ISBN 9781782005926
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 0 b/w; 0 col
Series Elite
Short code ELI 199
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Dale Clarke

Dale Clarke completed his PhD at Cranfield Univers…

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Peter Dennis

Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazine…

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