Paris Gun. The Bombardment Of Paris By The German Long-Range Guns And The Great German Offensives Of 1918 free ebook download.

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Paris Gun. The Bombardment Of Paris By The German Long-Range Guns And The Great German Offensives Of 1918 free ebook download

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Author(s):	Henry W. Miller

Date:	2021	Format:	pdf	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	1843426811
Pages:	326	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
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This is the story of a unique gun called, by the Germans, the Pariskanone and mistakenly referred to by our troops as Big Bertha. The gun was 210mm calibre with a barrel length of 130 feet, an overall weight of 142 tons and a maximum range of about 80 miles. It was designed to fire on Paris bringing alarm and despondency to a population which, though subject to air bombardment had no reason to suppose they were threatened by enemy artillery. The design, manufacture, the training of the crews and the preparation of the firing sites are all described, but the main aim of the book is to describe the four bombardments that were carried out by this weapon and the effects, material and morale wise.'The use of the Paris Gun was incorporated in the planning of the major German offensives of the first half of 1918. March 21st was the first day of the assault and at 7.20 am on 23rd March the first shot was fired. The four periods during which the gun was in action were 23 April-1 May  27 May-11 June  15-19 July and 5-9August on which day the last round was fired. The author, a Lt Col in the US Ordnance, describes each of these bombardments against a background of the ongoing German offensive and the progress of the ground forces. There are differing figures as to the total number of rounds fired but it was at least 300 and according to The Times Diary and Index of the War thetotal casualty figures were 196 killed 417 wounded though how accurate these figures are may be open to question  the author doesnt give any that could be found. On the whole he appears to admire the Germans in their achievements  the last sentence in the book reads:And events of the years since the Armistice only prove how wise the Germans have been in refusing ever to admit defeat.
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