description: Artillery's Golden World War IIWith the arrival of the new weapons of mechanized war, artillery had to meet new challenges. The importance as the airplane, the tank, and rival artillery became more sophisticated, and the art of deployment more fully appreciated. The world had never seen such instruments of destruction as this Second-World-War gunnery.With a data table detailing the artillery used by the principals.
language: English
title: Guns, 1939-45
titlecomplete: Guns, 1939-45 (History of 2nd World War)
genres: History, War, World War II, Military Fiction, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 43
series: Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II / the Violent Century: Weapons Book
publisher: Macdonald