I don't think it was, I read a lot of books about tanksa dn the only thing thatwas named "Big Bertha" was a big heavy cannon used by the Germans.
The original German WW1 howitzer "Big Bertha" weighed 43 tonnes and fired a 820 kg. shell. Other similar weapons were also named Big Bertha.
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"Big Bertha" was the nickname given to the long-range German howitzer during WWI. Similar cannons were also given this nickname.
Do you mean Big Bertha? from World War One.
I don't think it was, I read a lot of books about tanksa dn the only thing thatwas named "Big Bertha" was a big heavy cannon used by the Germans.
The large 280mm cannon was not named after any specific person. "Big Bertha" was a name given to it by the Americans. "Bertha" is a common German woman's name.
One certain German WWI 42-cm howitzer cannon was famous as Dicke Bertha ("fat Bertha", "big Bertha"). One legend says that the name is after the wife of the owner of Kruppwerke, that produced the piece. Or the name can just originate in the German spelling alphabet, where B is pronounced Bertha.
Big Bertha, Atomic Annie and the Paris Gun.
The Big Bertha was used in ww1. It is a huge gun. That is why its is called "BIG bertha'.
I know it's hard to believe, but I saw the answer in a crossword. The name of the WWII cannon was "Big Bertha". Correction: "Big Bertha" was a large Howitzer in WWI, not WWII.
big bertha is golf equepment
Bob bashed Big Bertha. Big Bertha bit Bob back.
Big Bertha, I believe
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You're probably thinking of "Big Bertha", the German cannon which bombarded Paris from 75 miles away. More formally they were called the "Paris Guns". The "Big Bertha" nickname was from the daughter of Krupp, the German industrialist who built the guns.
The original German WW1 howitzer "Big Bertha" weighed 43 tonnes and fired a 820 kg. shell. Other similar weapons were also named Big Bertha.