Arms and Men: Returning Fire

Led by a Nobel laureate, British gunners in World War I mastered the science of pinpointing— and knocking out—enemy artillery. By all accounts, the British artillery bombardment that pounded German positions prior to the 1916 Battle of the Somme was apocalyptic. For five days an unprecedented aggregation of guns fired without pause; it was said …

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