Wartime 102 - Autumn 2023

Wartime Issues 102

Terror Weapons of the First World War

Featured articles:

  • War leadership by David Horner. Relationships between government and armed forces have been the crucial factor in Australia's wars.
  • The end of Emden by Thomas J. Rogers, Lachlan Grant and Shane Casey. HMAS Sydney sealed the fate of the famous German raider. Eyewitness accounts bring the action to life.
  • Fragile beasts by Scott Denis McCarthy. The tanks of the Great War inspired shock and awe despite their limitations.
  • Poison gas by Albert Palazzo. In the First World War, its role shifted from terror to utility.
  • Assault by fire by Shane Casey. Flame-throwers aroused terror and revulsion, but they came to be used by all sides in warfare.
  • "The best thing the division has done" by Cameron Ross. The 10th Battalion's raid on Merris in 1918 helped prepare the way for the last stage of the war.
  • Zeppelins: terror of the skies by Duncan Beard. Though greatly feared in the early stages of the First World War, their effectiveness was largely limited to inspiring terror.
  • Plus regular features including Reflections, Collection Insights, In the Picture, Behind the Scenes, book reviews and Last Post.

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In this issue

A man with a flamethrower on his back sets fire to the grass as smoke billows ahead.

Assault by Fire

Flame-throwers aroused terror and revulsion, but they came to be used by all sides in warfare.

By Shane Casey

First World War 1914 - 1918