The Royal Artillery and the crisis of 1915 | Dr Spencer Jones
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- In this lecture, entitled "Toothless Lions - The Royal Artillery and the Firepower Crisis of 1915" Dr Spencer Jones examines the role played by the artillery - which was seriously hampered by poor quality ammunition, obsolete weapons and a steep learning curve.
Could the deadlock on the western front in 1915 have been overcome by the firepower of the guns and howitzers of the Royal Artillery?
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These lectures are criminally under watched.
As a former USMC artilleryman, I really appreciate someone trying to explain the complexities of artillery to laymen and succeeding at it. There is a lot more than "big gun go boom".
As a UK Army Medical evac Offr I agree …… from the receiving end 😆
@picklerick8785 As an armchair general with no military experience I disagree. It IS simple as Big Gun Go Boom-Boom!
Jk. I'll take your word for it!
I admire the charisma & energy dedicated to this even with a small group, I'm sure they appreciated it as well.
Great uncle was at Loos. I stood on the site this May and visited his memorial at Dud Alley Cemetery. RIP Harry Coulson, 7 Sherwood Foresters, killed on October 13,1915. Your sister, my grandmother, mourned you the rest of her life. Lost, but not forgotten. 17 years of age.
I have watched Dr. Jones speak in several Timeline documentaries and he has yet to disappoint. Despite not having a full room each time it is no indication of the lecture’s quality. Fortunate are the students who get Dr.Spencer’s lectures. For he embarks the listener on an entrancing journey to the battlefield. We are all lucky to have educators who still care and are passionate about our past. For it shapes our present and future. ❤
Excellent as always
An absolutely brilliant lecture via this video. My grandfather served with the RFA throughout the war. When you think of the differences between heavy guns, field guns, RA, RGA, RHA, RFA it's pretty mind boggling. It's been a joy to learn of some of things he'd have come into contact with.
I'm glad there are some of these talks which address 1915, as it is a blank space in many peoples' memory. There's the marne, Christmas truce, then verdun lol. You dont hear much about the western front in 1915, very informative. The other lecture about French attacks in 1915 was also good, if tragic... it seems like the allies didn't have much success in 1915, although the central powers made gains against Russia and Serbia.
Outstanding speaker.
Excellent presentation, Dr Jones. As per usual =)
Another worthy excellent lecture, thanks!
Another very interesting & informative lecture from Dr Jones!
Like 15 people there. To bad, good lecture.
Excellent presentation for which many thanks
very good lecture.
superb,thanks
Great stuff
Superb lecture
Very interesting topic.. Very well presented..
A great presenter, Spencer never uses the words er or umh.
DigNap15 he does occasionally, but the gaps are small. He umms at about 11:40.
Think the real question is were the artillery strikes really effective in advancing the lines that much in one way or another. Mostly i think they worked as a way of killing the soldiers in the trenches. Think both sides of the war were so entrenched that it was hard to make a real breakthrough through those frontal attacks. But logistics wise i guess that the loss of life slowly reduced the resources of the Germany. So in that way I guess the artillery was very effective. Still not a fan of making so many futile frontal line attacks against fortified points where probably every inch of the ground was mapped out for effective firing ranges.
I'd suggest watching some videos about how the stalemate was eventually broken, and how attacks could be successful. Artillery superiority proved to be very important in this
The successful use of artillery in offensives proved to be suppression, not destruction. The British largely ended up using a system where the infantry preferred to follow the barrage so closely that they were in the danger zone of the shells. It was safer than being further back and risking being caught in the open of the defenders could make it back to their firing positions.
(prefer seeing the slides not the lecturer…) xxx
Please turn on closed captions.
So few people in the audience.
Why at Wolverhampton?