Beyond Recall: Searching for the Remains of a British Secret Weapon of World War I |
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Authors: | Iain Banks Tony Pollard |
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Affiliation: | Centre for Battlefield ArchaeologyUniversity of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
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Abstract: | This article discusses the development of the Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector, a massive British flamethrower that was used against German trenches in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. Built underground within tunnels below No Man’s Land, this secret weapon was an attempt to use technology to break through German defences and reduce British casualties. The flame projector was the most effective flamethrower developed in WWI, but proved to be too inflexible and expensive to be widely used. |
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Keywords: | Flame Projector flamethrower the Somme Underground War William Livens |
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