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The Guns of August (published in the UK as August 1914) is a 1962 book centered on the first month of World War I written by Barbara W. Tuchman. After introductory chapters, Tuchman describes in great detail the opening events of the conflict. The book's focus then becomes a military history of the contestants, chiefly the great powers.
First edition (publ. The Macmillan Company) The Proud Tower: A Portrait of the World Before the War, 1890-1914 is a 1966 book by Barbara Tuchman, consisting of a collection of essays she had published in various periodicals during the mid-1960s. It followed the publication of the highly successful book The Guns of August (published in Britain as August 1914). Each chapter deals with a ...
Pages 314-316, in the chapter titled 'The Flames of Louvain', deal exclusively with the German treatment of Belgian civilians based on a supposed precept of Clausewitz. [Writer and date unknown, but probably 76.23.31.171, 24 August 2014]. Fischer's theories went far beyond the Septemberprogramm (merely one of the more prominent documents he used).
Old Japanese weapons and other military paraphernalia, c. 1892–95 A Gilbertese shark-toothed weapon (late 19th century). Major innovations in the history of weapons have included the adoption of different materials – from stone and wood to different metals, and modern synthetic materials such as plastics – and the developments of different weapon styles either to fit the terrain or to ...
At the start of the Great War in August 1914, Germany was fighting a two-front war, facing France in the west and Russia in the east. As two large Russian armies moved into East Prussia — led by two generals (Paul von Rennenkampf and Alexander Samsonov) who refused to communicate with each other about their positions and strategies — Germany used its large network of rails to quickly move ...
These guns fired a special 360 lb (160 kg) armour-piercing shell to a range of 10,500 yd (9.6 km) using a propellant charge of 14 lb (6.4 kg) Cordite Mk I size 7½, remained in service through World War I and were not declared obsolete until 1922. [9] Some guns were bored out and relined in 10 in (25 cm) calibre.
The word "gun" is used to describe a firearm in English for the first time. [72] 1340: China: A "watermelon bomb" containing miniature rockets known as "ground rats" is employed by Liu Bowen against rebels and pirates in Zhejiang. [73] 1344: West: Wooden cannons appear in Europe. [74] 1346: 26 August: West: Battle of Crécy: Organ guns are used ...
The Guns of the South is a alternate history science fiction novel set during the American Civil War by Harry Turtledove. [1] It was released in the United States on September 22, 1992.