The “75” came from the French 75-mm gun of the Great War, so it was a symbol of victory ... Dallas-based Ameriflight airlines still uses 10 of them as freighters. During WWI, the British Royal Flying ...

In all, more than 500,000 tons of chemical gas agents were used in World War I. Some 500,000 troops were injured and some 30,000 died, including 2,000 American troops.

Someone cleaning a cottage on Cleaves Street in Rockport Saturday came across the 75mm artillery shell and contacted police, ...

This day set a bloody precedent: the Somme campaign wore on for five months and, in all, more than a million soldiers from the British, German and French armies were wounded or killed. General ...

Around 650,000 Canadian soldiers fought in WW1. In the east ... disrupt Germany’s plan to surround Paris and force a French surrender. This failure, along with the introduction of modern ...

Someone cleaning a cottage on Cleaves Street in Rockport Saturday came across the 75mm artillery shell and contacted police, police said. The Massachusetts State Bomb Squad was called in to see if the ...

The French 75 packed a hefty punch as it shelled its target by firing off 75mm 12 pound rounds. Hence, the drink reference to this small cannon. This version of the invention of the French 75 cocktail ...