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by spatulan 3630 days ago
The Germans fired nearly as many shells, 1,100,000, in just the first five hours of the 1918 Spring Offensive.
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It just represents a vast amount of energy, and human endeavor, literally blown away.
Interesting fact, I do remember reading they were trying to make a last minute siege near by the end of the year.