96K views · 1.2K reactions | Did Brunel’s great western railway really cut through a Roman villa and is this the only thing that’s waiting to be found, in this field? | Odyssey - Ancient History | Facebook

The Schwerer Gustav, the largest artillery gun ever constructed. Designed by the German arms manufacturer Krupp in 1934, this giant railway gun weighed 1,350 tonnes and measured 47.3 meters in length. Intended to devastate the Maginot Line during the invasion of France, it boasted an 80-centimetre caliber and could fire 7-ton shells over a range of 47 kilometres! | Simple History

Schwerer Gustav – The Largest Gun in the World ⚙️🔥 The Schwerer Gustav was a gigantic railway gun developed by Nazi Germany during World War II. With a caliber of 80 cm, a length of 47 meters, and a weight of 1,350 tons, it was the largest artillery piece ever built. Its shells weighed up to 7 tons and had a range of up to 47 kilometers. The gun was used in the Siege of Sevastopol in 1942 but proved impractical and was later abandoned. 💡This video presents historical footage for educational pu

40K views · 493 reactions | #ThrowbackThursday You know those old batteries in the Presidio and Marin? Check out this clip from 1941, which shows gun crews being trained for coastal defense during World War II. Battery Townsley in the Marin Headlands once held two 16-inch cannons that could fire 2,340 pound (over one ton!) shells about 25 miles. Thankfully, they never saw any real action. | SFGATE | Facebook

8.7K views · 142 reactions | One of the oldest survivors of the World War II Japanese prisoner camps has died, aged 101 years old. Harold Smalley from Whitwick in Leicestershre, was put to work on the Burma railway. Here he recounts his experience. | BBC Leicester | Facebook