The Great War

The Great War· Season 2 · Episode 28

Adapt or Die - The Artillery Barrage - Week 50

S02E28·July 9, 2015·9m·YouTube

The Great Retreat of the Russians during the last weeks has shown one thing: Artillery is the key to success. More specifically, a new kind of artillery tactic called the artillery barrage which focuses shelling on one part of the front. August von Mackensen had actually stolen this approach from John French. The Entente tried to use it on the Western Front a few months earlier without the expected breakthrough.

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