World War 1. Somme Offensive. British heavy Howitzer shelling German positions during the last week of June 1916 before the Battle of the Somme. British generals assumed the shelling would destroy most German resistance and British troops would walk over No Mans Land to occupy the German positions. Instead they walked into intense German machine gun fire and died by the thousands. (BSLOC 2013 1 128) Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-world-war-1-somme-offensive-british-heavy-howitzer-shelling-german-170553710.html
RMKWDAYX–World War 1. Somme Offensive. British heavy Howitzer shelling German positions during the last week of June 1916 before the Battle of the Somme. British generals assumed the shelling would destroy most German resistance and British troops would walk over No Mans Land to occupy the German positions. Instead they walked into intense German machine gun fire and died by the thousands. (BSLOC 2013 1 128)
World War 1: Battle of Chateau-Thierry. The U.S. Artillery supported the infantry attacking German positions with a rolling barrage, a tactic that coordinated shelling with troop movements. July 18, 1918. (BSLOC 2013 1 185) Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-world-war-1-battle-of-chateau-thierry-the-us-artillery-supported-the-170543826.html
RMKWCXAX–World War 1: Battle of Chateau-Thierry. The U.S. Artillery supported the infantry attacking German positions with a rolling barrage, a tactic that coordinated shelling with troop movements. July 18, 1918. (BSLOC 2013 1 185)
World War 1. American infantry advancing under fire on the Western Front in 1918. In their first battles, U.S. troops made frontal assaults into machine gun fire, which the Europeans had abandoned in favor of more cautious defensive tactics. (BSLOC 2013 1 197) Stock Photohttps://www.alamy.com/licenses-and-pricing/?v=1https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-world-war-1-american-infantry-advancing-under-fire-on-the-western-170543850.html
RMKWCXBP–World War 1. American infantry advancing under fire on the Western Front in 1918. In their first battles, U.S. troops made frontal assaults into machine gun fire, which the Europeans had abandoned in favor of more cautious defensive tactics. (BSLOC 2013 1 197)
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