Missile that left crater deep inside Poland was probably Russian - Polish PM
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Bombs Dropped into Paris by German Airman
Paris, August 30.---According to the Temps, a German aviator flew over Paris in an aeroplane between noon and 9 o'clock today, and dropped three bombs. They did only trifling damage. While over the Rue de Vinaigriers, the aviator dropped a flaming torch seven or eight feet long, wound with the German colors and at the same time a letter weighted by sandbag. The letter, written in German, said: "THE German army is at the gates of Paris. There is nothing for you to do except surrender. [Signed] Lieutenant Von Heidssen."
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First Battle of the Marne
The German army invaded France with a plan for winning the war in 40 days by occupying Paris and destroying the French and British armies. German strategy was to defeat France in six weeks and then turn its attention to Russia. As envisioned by the Schlieffen Plan, the Germans embarked on a rapid, counter-clockwise offensive through Belgium and into France with the objective of capturing Paris.
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The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun. The German 5th Army attacked the defences of the Fortified Region of Verdun and those of the French Second Army on the right (east) bank of the Meuse.
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The Paris gun was used to shell Paris at a range of 120 km (75 mi). The gun was fired from a wooded hill near Crépy, and the first shell landed at 7:18 a.m. on 23 March 1918 on the Quai de la Seine, the explosion being heard across the city. When the guns were first employed, Parisians believed they had been bombed by a high-altitude Zeppelin, as the sound of neither an airplane nor a gun could be heard.
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