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42cm 'Big Bertha' and German Siege Artillery of World War I
By Marc Romanych, Martin Rupp and Henry Morshead
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In the early days of World War I, Germany unveiled a new weapon – the mobile 42cm (16.5 inch) M-Gerät howitzer. At the time, it was the largest artillery piece of its kind in the world and a closely guarded secret. When war broke out, two of the howitzers were rushed directly from the factory to Liege where they quickly destroyed two forts and compelled the fortress to surrender. After repeat performances at Namur, Maubeuge and Antwerp, German soldiers christened the howitzers 'Grosse' or 'Dicke Berta' (Fat or Big Bertha) after Bertha von Krupp, owner of the Krupp armament works that built the howitzers. The nickname was soon picked up by German press which triumphed the 42cm howitzers as Wunderwaffe (wonder weapons), and the legend of Big Bertha was born. This book details the design and development of German siege guns before and during World War I. Accompanying the text are many rare, never-before-published photographs of 'Big Bertha' and the other German siege guns. Colour illustrations depict the most important aspects of the German siege artillery.
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Marc Romanych
Marc Romanych is a retired US Army combat arms officer. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Maryland and a Master of Arts degree in International Relations from St. Mary's University. He has co-authored several books on World War I and II artillery and fortifications for Osprey Publishing.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This strikes me as one of the more significant booklets in this series in awhile as though these weapons were a legend in their own time their origins, organization and the reasons for their ultimate demise have been rather vague. The key point of the authors is that while these guns did spectacularly fulfill their mission statement at the start of the war their useful window of opportunity was rather limited, in that efforts to make them less vulnerable to counter-battery fire by increasing their effective range ultimately failed.