Adapt or Die - The Artillery Barrage I THE GREAT WAR - Week 50

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. » PARTNER CHANNELS DER ERSTE WELTKRIEG: IT’S HISTORY: