"[The shells] simply dropped from space like some huge meteorite." On March 21, 1918, terror suddenly rained down from the ...

Railway guns like the German WWII K5 gun had a very narrow aim. To get around that problem, Germans developed a circular track, allowing the gun to rotate and fire in 360 degrees. National ...

The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.

In the Ukraine war, it is artillery that has enabled tactically clumsy Russian infantry and armor to advance. Stalin once called it the "god of war." ...

It was April 6, 1941 when Germany launched a massive attack on Greece's northern border after Italy failed to capture the ...