History of War

WWII SUPER GUNS

As early as 1934, Nazi Germany began developing an arsenal of weapons to tackle the Maginot Line, the vast fortified network then being built by France along its eastern border. Among these weapons were several giant railway guns with enough power to smash their way through the Maginot’s thick concrete walls.

Not that the guns were ever used for this purpose. When

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