Artillery Combat in World War 1

67 people use direct fire

Things sometimes change slowly. My dad was still dragging French 75's around with horses in the US Army Field Artillery for direct fire missions in 1934-37. He said they called it "training".

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the moments pause after mentioning the numbers of dead at the Somme was very respectful. Thank you.

Imagine a bombardment that lasted for days??? Imagine it? Can you ... High Explosive for 3-4 days of explosions . no wonder men went mad.

French artillery didn’t need as many rounds early in the war because their rounds had more elán. 😝

"look a lewis and a spandau together in one icon... one might wonder which was better" amazing XD

I love the little digs at World of tanks Stock ammo at 5:30

Having read and watched some lectures on the subject, I must say you produced a fantastically clear and exhaustive summary leaving no blanks or unanswered questions.

5:03 What most of my production lines look like in HOI IV.

Sick burn with the Spandau note

Wow this was one of the best videos so far. I really like how you go straight for the most important issues and don't get caught up in politics, rhetoric or anything else that has no substance when it comes to the real issues. All i can say is Thank you and keep up the good work; i look forward to future videos. If you want suggestions, perhaps a video on the Belgium forts and/or the Maginot line.

As someone who served as an artillery spotter, it´s nice to see the historical background to the tactics that we use today.

Clear & analytically precise. This guy would be perfect for any history / ww1ww2 historian student. Such a great video that was informative non stop without being too overwhelming to take in (as some deep history videos can be). Loved this video mate keep up your style it is bloody perfect for historical analysis & learning.

this is an absolutely spectacular video! I am blown away by what I just took in. and the writing is funny, too!

love the little spandau in joke, i suppose you and lindybeige are cool now. great video btw, all the way from nz

This channel is actually really helpful, I'm doing an essay about the evolution of artillery tactics from 1914 to present day, and many of the links and sources you've provided have been extremely helpful to my research. Thank you for the informative overviews and included sources.

I recall the first time I was made aware of concrete fortifications used by German troops in WW I: It was in a high-school (US) English class with the reading of "All's Quiet on the Western Front." It was a shared reading done, out-loud, among the students during the class period, probably for the English teacher to get a grasp of the students' reading comprehension skills. There was a section in the book when the protagonists were in a bunker that took a direct hit from an artillery shell, and while the German soldiers were shaken by it, they survived the hit unscathed. It was at that time that the English teacher, and not a history instructor, paused our reading to explain that in the latter stages of WW I, there were elaborate concrete fortifications in place for the German soldiers. It always impressed me of that high-school (US) English teacher giving us students a history lesson detail; which I can still recall a half-century later.

An excellent and highly informative video ! My Grandfather served in the British Royal Horse Artillery from 1914, with the original BEF, until the end of the war in 1918, on the Western Front in Belgium and France, and was awarded the Military Medal for courageous action. This documentary explains why artillery was estimated to be the foremost killer during that terrible war, the sheer amount of rounds or shells used by all sides was insane, but obviously effective nonetheless. 🌟🌟🌟

someone get this man his own studio