Early in WWI (1914) Krupp built huge siege cannon know as "Big Bertha" to flatten defensive forts during the invasion of Belgium.
These monsters fired a 16.5 inch projectile 8 to 9 miles. They were fused to explode, not on initial contact with the target thus allowing the explosive projectile to penetrate the fort's defensive barriers and explode in the interior.
The guns weighed about 75 tons each and were transported on rail cars.
The countries most commonly viewed as the big three were Britain, France and Germany.
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Germanys empire was in WW1 because of the alliances the other countries had.
The proximate cause of WW1 is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. There are four main causes of the starting of WW1. They were Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism. In militarism countries aggressively built their nations armed forces. For the alliances, each nation in the allies protected the others. Imperialism is when the countries competed to control other colonies, and nationalism is the devotion to your nation. These are the four main causes of WW1.
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The Big Bertha was used in ww1. It is a huge gun. That is why its is called "BIG bertha'.
The original German WW1 howitzer "Big Bertha" weighed 43 tonnes and fired a 820 kg. shell. Other similar weapons were also named Big Bertha.
A long range German artillery weapon made by Krupp in WW1.
Artillery in WW1 was used in Battery or even larger formations.
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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.
Bob bashed Big Bertha. Big Bertha bit Bob back.
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The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's - 1975 is rated/received certificates of: USA:R
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.
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