Artillery: The Defining Weapon of the First World War

Abstract

An inquiry into the use of artillery in the World War One. This work situates artillery as the defining weapon of the war through an understanding of war as inexorably shaped by the weapons used to fight it. Through analysis of scholarly work, personal accounts of soldiers, and historical documents from governments, armies, and media outlets a deeper, more all encompassing understanding of artillery as the defining weapon of world war one is brought to light.