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Publication

2013 - The History Press, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

84,250 words, Guess

Page Count

337 pages

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and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number856868990
  • Better World Books9780752461892
  • Better World Books9780750953238
  • Open LibraryOL29037433M

Classifications

  • DDC358.01
  • LCCUF15 .N384 2013
  • LCCUF15

Description

By the time the guns fell silent on 11 November 1918, vast tracts of the European landscape had been so utterly devastated by artillery fire that they were virtually unrecognisable. Of all the many weapons invented by man for the purpose of waging war, artillery must rank among the most destructive of all. Through detailed research, John Norris has traced the development of artillery through the ages and up to the dawn of the twenty-first century, to provide a fascinating study of this principal weapon of warfare. From its earliest recorded use in battle about a millennium ago, up to the.

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