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2004-04-28 Down Under

A Turkish-Australian sniper duel from the distant past

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Posted by Zhang Fei 2004-04-28 10:32:21 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Interisting, WW1 period is fascinating.

Posted by Anonymous4602 2004-04-28 10:55:58 AM|| 2004-04-28 10:55:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 It is one of the ironies about WWI that for a time on the western front it was a snipers war. The common image of WWI is that the Maxim and Vickers guns were the great killers when the fact is that most of the battlefield casualities were caused by the artilley of both sides

Posted by cheaderhead 2004-04-28 11:25:53 AM|| 2004-04-28 11:25:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 #1,right you are.I read a book on WW1,Euorpe,awhile back in wich the German High Command figured it would take 10 soldiers to sieze evry meter of ground during the swing through Belgaim.The bodies were stacked so high British soldiers had to knock over the piles in order to keep shooting.

Posted by raptor 2004-04-28 12:28:43 PM|| 2004-04-28 12:28:43 PM|| Front Page Top

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