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Artillery in World War 1 - The Key To Success - Week 45

Jun 4, 2015

When Przemysl falls for the 2nd time and when the British and ANZAC troops fail at Gallipoli again, one thing becomes clear: Artillery is the key for future battles. August von Mackensen had used it with great success at the Gorlice-Tarnow-Offensive and the French even diverted one million men to shell factories. Meanwhile German Zeppelins bombed London and the US sent submarines for aid.

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Artillery in World War 1 - The Key To Success - Week 45

Episodes

The Ottoman Disaster - The Battle of Sarikamish - Week 23

In Dire Straits - Russia on Austro-Hungary's Doorstep - Week 24

Onwards! - The Western Front Of Early 1915 - Week 25

Zeppelins Over England - New Inventions For The Modern War - Week 26

All Or Nothing - Winter Offensive In The Carpathians - Week 27

Gas! - A New Horror On The Battlefield - Week 28

Stopping Russia - Hindenburg's Final Offensive? - Week 29

Hindenburg's Cunning Plan - A 2nd Tannenberg - Week 30

Prelude to Gallipoli - Naval Bombardement of the Dardanelles - Week 31

Playing With Fire - The First Flame Thrower - Week 32

The Battle of Neuve-Chapelle - Week 33

A Slice of The Pie - Splitting Up The Middle East - Week 34

The Fall of Przemyśl - Changing Strategy On The Western Front - Week 35

Showdown In The Dardanelles - Bulgaria Flirts With The Central Powers - Week 36

The Armenian Genocide - Week 37

Russia Fails In The Mountains - Basra Falls - Week 38

Gas On The Western Front - Baptism of Fire for Canada - Week 39

The Sea Turns Red - Landing At Gallipoli - Week 40

Sinking of the Lusitania - The Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive - Week 41

The German Phalanx Chases Russia - Week 42

The Battle of San River - Winston Churchill Gets Fired - Week 43

The New Alpine Front - Italy Joins World War 1 - Week 44

Artillery in World War 1 - The Key To Success - Week 45

Rex Warneford Destroys A Zeppelin - Austria Digs Into the Mountains - Week 46

Cavalry, Spies and Cossacks - Week 47

The Austro-Hungarian Empire Strikes Back - Week 48

On the Move but going Nowhere - Optimism is Failing! - Week 49

Adapt or Die - The Artillery Barrage - Week 50

The Tumbling Giant - Russia's Army On The Verge Of Collapse - Week 51

Scorched Earth - Russia's retreat goes up in flames! - Week 52

Russian Roulette - Germany Helps The Bolsheviks - Week 53

Warsaw Falls - The Fokker Scourge Begins - Week 54

The Ruse at Gallipoli and the Siege of Kovno - Week 55

Escalation At Sea - Russia Up Against the Wall - Week 56

The Battle of Hill 60 - Lunatic Persistence in Gallipoli - Week 57

The Western Front Awakens - The Tsar Takes Over - Week 58

The Socialists Call for Peace - But the Plans Do Not - Week 59

The State Of World War 1 - As Reported by A Newspaper 100 Years Ago - Week 60

The German Occupation of Lithuania - Unrest in Russia - Week 61

The Battle of Loos - New Offensives On The Western Front - Week 62

Serbia Is Invaded Once Again - The Entente Lands in Greece - Week 63

Learning Lessons From Loos - Bulgaria Enters The War - Week 64

"The Crime That Shook the World" - The Execution of Edith Cavell - Week 65

Russia Stems The Tide - Winter Is Coming - Week 66

The Third Battle of the Isonzo - French Despair On The Western Front - Week 67

Serbia's Last Stand Against The Central Powers - Week 68

The Forgotten Front - World War 1 in Libya - Week 69

Pride Comes Before The Fall - British Trouble in Mesopotamia - Week 70

The Serbian Exodus Through Albania - Week 71

Britain On The Run - The Siege of Kut Al Amara - Week 72

Despair And Mutiny On The Italian Front - Week 73

The Beginning Of The End - Evacuation At Gallipoli - Week 74

Preparing for 1916 - The Year of Battles I THE GREAT WAR - Week 75