WASHINGTON, March 2.--The Secretary of State has received from Consul Potter, at Crefeld, Germany, a report on Krupp's steel ordnance works at Essen, from which the following extracts are taken ...

The German company Krupp began developing this weapon, drawing on their experience with railway guns from earlier conflicts. The result was Schwerer Gustav, a colossal gun weighing 1,490 tons ...

After World War I, France built the Maginot Line, a massive defense network along its border with Germany, to deter future invasions. Anticipating this obstacle, German planners devised bold ...