Fire Power: The British Army: weapons and theories of war, 1904-1945,

by Shelford Bidwell, Dominick Graham

This is, without doubt, the finest book about the crucial role that artillery played in the two World Wars of the Twentieth century. The authors, both former artillery officers who saw action in Word War Two, describe the development of their neglected, inadequate and class-ridden arm through the battles of the First World War and the eventual war-winning role that artillery played, to the culmination of professional military deployment in the Second World War.

Genres: History, Military History, World War I

344 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1982

Reviews

[Nic Cooper]

High-quality analysis of the development of British Artillery across a period which included both world wars. The interwar description is both surprising and highly readable.