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Effects of a 42 cm howitzer, photo 1914/15

From: Illustrierte Geschichte des Weltkrieges 1914/15, Vol. 1, Stuttgart et al., 184

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    Artillery II: The Creeping Barrage, Barrage and Curtain Fire

    Artillery and infantry were amongst the most important branches of the armed services in World War One, but they unfolded their full potential only in cooperation with each other. In this military union the artillery had to support the forward pressing infantry.