They believed that as hard as iron. Together "Dicke Bertha" Big Bertha, the Germans had a secret weapon, the daily newspaper Die Welt, which devotes an article about the untold story of this famous canon of the First World War recalls, found:
"It was a giant mortar is hopeful German military and chauvinists. [...] The French learned from their defeat by the Germans in 1870-1871, when the walls fell on the defenses are very weak." Now again immured twice power, barricaded behind concrete., In response, the Germans developed a high level. "
This unit is nicknamed "Big Bertha", unaware of an industrial company Krupp quickly whether it really made little name refers to Bertha Krupp, heiress of the company. Whatever it is, this nickname "has become synonymous with the impact strength, the power of the media," said the world. It is also the name of the French satirical weeks antimilitariste been founded in 1991 in response to the Gulf War, which leads to short-term reform of Charlie Hebdo.
With 420 mm caliber shells, Big Bertha was the mission to destroy enemy strongholds and bunkers. However, the first tests were inconclusive. Instead of hitting 500 meters from the south, struck the barrel 500 miles north
Second, the attacker was one of the earthquake. It was not until the third attempt to reach the goal of artillery, but at this time, "all the great lords who wanted to attend the first opportunity [...] have already taken the next train to Berlin" Erich said Steinert, the commander of the tests.
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