Batterie Pommern

Batterie Pommern, also known as Lange Max, was the world's biggest gun in 1917, during World War I. The German gun was of type 38 cm SK L/45 "Max" and had a modified design by Krupp compared to earlier German 38 cm gun types. The modification allowed the gun to shoot from Koekelare to Dunkirk, which is about 50 km away.

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38 cm S.K.L/45; Lange Max; Langer Max; Leugenboom gun; Long Max; Moere gun; Pommern Battery
Imperial German Army, Imperial German Navy, coastal battery, Belgium, Atlantic Wall, Site Lange Max, Belgium, 

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  Land Battle of Damme ⓘ
  1213 battle

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  Battle of Furnes ⓘ
  1297 battle in France

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  Battle of Beverhoutsveld ⓘ
  1382 battle in Europe

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  Battle of Roosebeke ⓘ
  1382 battle in Europe

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  Battle of Nieuwpoort ⓘ
  battle between the Dutch and the Spanish in the city of Nieuwpoort, now in Belgium

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  Siege of Ostend ⓘ
  1604 three-year siege during the Eighty Years' War

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  Capitulation of Diksmuide ⓘ
  1695 siege of Diksmuide in the Nine Years' War

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  Battle of Wijnendale ⓘ
  battle in the war of the Spanish succession in 1708

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  Siege of Ostend ⓘ
  1745 battle in the War of the Austrian Succession

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  Battle of Furnes ⓘ
  may 1793 battle

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  Battle of Furnes ⓘ
  october 1793 battle

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  Unknown ⓘ
  1793 siege

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  Battle of Hooglede ⓘ
  1794 battle

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  Vissersopstand ⓘ
  

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  Battle of Diksmuide ⓘ
  part of the Battle of the Yser during WWI

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  Battle of the Yser ⓘ
  battle which took place in October 1914

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  Myth of Langemarck ⓘ
  1914 myth

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  Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ
  1915 First World War battle

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  Battle of Kitcheners' Wood ⓘ
  1915 battle

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  Operations on the Gheluvelt Plateau, July–August 1917 ⓘ
  1917 battle

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  Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
  1917 campaign of the First World War

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  Battle of Pilckem Ridge ⓘ
  1917 battle

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  Battle of Langemarck ⓘ
  1917 battle during the First World War

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  Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917 ⓘ
  military action in WW1

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  Action of 22 August 1917 ⓘ
  Third Battle of Ypres conflict

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  Battle of the Menin Road Ridge ⓘ
  battle in 1917

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  Capture of Wurst Farm ⓘ
  

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  Battle of Polygon Wood ⓘ
  1917 battle during the second phase of the Third battle of Ypres in World War I

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  Battle of Poelcappelle ⓘ
  October 1917 World War I battle

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  First Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
  battle in World War I (31 July 1917 – 6 November 1917)

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  Second Battle of Passchendaele ⓘ
  1917 battle, part of the Third battle of Ypres in the First World War

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  Night action of 1/2 December 1917 ⓘ
  

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  Battle of Markem ⓘ
  1918 battle on Western Front of World War I

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  Fifth Battle of Ypres ⓘ
  1918 battle on the Western Front of World War I

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  Battle of Moerbrugge ⓘ
  1944 battle of WW2 in Belgium

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  Batterie Pommern ⓘ
  former biggest gun of the world in 1917

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  Stützpunkt Stene ⓘ
  

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  Batterie Deutschland ⓘ
  

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  Bunker Sint-Andries ⓘ
  

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  Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station ⓘ
  

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  German bunker ammunition depot ⓘ
  bunker in Lichtervelde, Belgium

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  Southern bunker in Tyne Cot Cemetery ⓘ
  

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  Fort Lapin ⓘ
  fort in Bruges, Belgium

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  Fort Napoleon ⓘ
  military museum in West Flanders, Belgium

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  Fort van Beieren ⓘ
  fort in Bruges, Belgium

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  Nieuwe Troje Redoubt ⓘ
  

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  Sint-Albertusfort ⓘ
  former fort in Ostend, Belgium

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  Verbrand Fort ⓘ
  redoute and natural landscape in Damme, Belgium

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  Fort Knokke ⓘ
  fort in Belgium

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  For Freedom Museum ⓘ
  military museum

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  Provinciedomein Raversijde - Atlantikwall - Walraversijde - memoriaal prins Karel ⓘ
  military museum

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  Site Lange Max ⓘ
  World War I military museum and historical location in West Flanders, Belgium

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  Pondfarm ⓘ
  farm and museum in Sint-Juliaan, Langemark-Poelkapelle, Belgium

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  Museum Cabour ⓘ
  Military museum

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  Lange Max Museum ⓘ
  military museum in Koekelare, Belgium

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  HMS Basilisk ⓘ
  1930 B-class destroyer

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  HMS Vindictive ⓘ
  1897 Arrogant-class protected cruiser

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World War I

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World War II Q362

1213-06-08T00:00:00Z

1213-06-08T00:00:00Z

1213 Land Battle of Damme

1297-08-20T00:00:00Z

1297-08-20T00:00:00Z

1297 Battle of Furnes

1382-05-11T00:00:00Z

1382-05-11T00:00:00Z

1382 Battle of Beverhoutsveld

1382-12-13T00:00:00Z

1382-12-13T00:00:00Z

1382 Battle of Roosebeke

1600-07-02T00:00:00Z

1600-07-02T00:00:00Z

1600 Battle of Nieuwpoort

1601-07-04T00:00:00Z

1604-09-22T00:00:00Z

1601 — 1604 Siege of Ostend

1695-07-25T00:00:00Z

1695-07-27T00:00:00Z

1695 Capitulation of Diksmuide

1708-09-28T00:00:00Z

1708-09-28T00:00:00Z

1708 Battle of Wijnendale

1745-08-01T00:00:00Z

1745-08-23T00:00:00Z

1745 Siege of Ostend

1793-05-31T00:00:00Z

1793-05-31T00:00:00Z

1793 Battle of Furnes

1793-10-21T00:00:00Z

1793-10-21T00:00:00Z

1793 Battle of Furnes

1793-10-24T00:00:00Z

1793-10-29T00:00:00Z

1793 Unknown

1794-06-10T00:00:00Z

1794-06-13T00:00:00Z

1794 Battle of Hooglede

1887-01-01T00:00:00Z

1887-01-01T00:00:00Z

1887 Vissersopstand

1914-10-16T00:00:00Z

1914-10-16T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of Diksmuide

1914-10-16T00:00:00Z

1914-10-31T00:00:00Z

1914 Battle of the Yser

1914-11-10T00:00:00Z

1914-11-10T00:00:00Z

1914 Myth of Langemarck

1915-04-21T00:00:00Z

1915-05-25T00:00:00Z

1915 Second Battle of Ypres

1915-04-22T00:00:00Z

1915-04-25T00:00:00Z

1915 Battle of Kitcheners' Wood

1917-01-01T00:00:00Z

1917-01-01T00:00:00Z

1917 Operations on the Gheluvelt Plateau, July–August 1917

1917-07-31T00:00:00Z

1917-11-10T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Passchendaele

1917-07-31T00:00:00Z

1917-08-02T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Pilckem Ridge

1917-08-16T00:00:00Z

1917-08-18T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Langemarck

1917-08-19T00:00:00Z

1917-08-19T00:00:00Z

1917 Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917

1917-08-22T00:00:00Z

1917-08-22T00:00:00Z

1917 Action of 22 August 1917

1917-09-20T00:00:00Z

1917-09-26T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of the Menin Road Ridge

1917-09-20T00:00:00Z

1917-09-20T00:00:00Z

1917 Capture of Wurst Farm

1917-09-26T00:00:00Z

1917-09-27T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Polygon Wood

1917-10-09T00:00:00Z

1917-10-09T00:00:00Z

1917 Battle of Poelcappelle

1917-10-12T00:00:00Z

1917-10-12T00:00:00Z

1917 First Battle of Passchendaele

1917-10-26T00:00:00Z

1917-11-10T00:00:00Z

1917 Second Battle of Passchendaele

1917-12-01T00:00:00Z

1917-12-02T00:00:00Z

1917 Night action of 1/2 December 1917

1918-04-17T00:00:00Z

1918-04-17T00:00:00Z

1918 Battle of Markem

1918-09-28T00:00:00Z

1918-10-02T00:00:00Z

1918 Fifth Battle of Ypres

1944-09-08T00:00:00Z

1944-09-10T00:00:00Z

1944 Battle of Moerbrugge

1917-01-01T00:00:00Z

1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

1917 — 1950 Batterie Deutschland

1584-01-01T00:00:00Z

1584-01-01T00:00:00Z

1584 Fort Knokke

2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

2003 Pondfarm

2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

2012 Museum Cabour

2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

2014-10-01T00:00:00Z

2014 Lange Max Museum

1897-01-01T00:00:00Z

1897-01-01T00:00:00Z

1897 HMS Vindictive

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Big German Gun of Leugenboon (Der Lange Max) - Groot Kanon van Leugenboom - Grand Canon de Leugenboom 02

Big German Gun of Leugenboom (Der Lange Max)

Ingang van een munitie opslagplaats in Moere in West Vlaanderen, SFA002026583

Eerste Wereldoorlog, propaganda, ansichtkaarten, prentbriefkaarten, SFA018001131

Big German Gun of Leugenboon (Der Lange Max) - Groot Kanon van Leugenboom - Grand Canon de Leugenboom 02

Big German Gun of Leugenboom (Der Lange Max)

Vier soldaten bij resten van het reuze kanon 'de lange Max', SFA002026610

Vier soldaten bij een granatenlader voor Le long Max, een groot Duits kanon, staan voor een, SFA002026587

38cmBttrPommern

38cmBttrPommern

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1213	Land Battle of Damme	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1297	Battle of Furnes	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1382	Battle of Beverhoutsveld	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1382	Battle of Roosebeke	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1600	Battle of Nieuwpoort	Dutch Republic, battle, Kingdom of England, Kingdom of Scotland, Hispanic Monarchy	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1601	Siege of Ostend	Dutch Republic, Habsburg Spain, siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1695	Capitulation of Diksmuide	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1708	Battle of Wijnendale	battle, Kingdom of Great Britain	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1745	Siege of Ostend	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Battle of Furnes	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Battle of Furnes	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1793	Unknown	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1794	Battle of Hooglede	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1887	Vissersopstand	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of Diksmuide	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Battle of the Yser	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1914	Myth of Langemarck	battle, myth	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Second Battle of Ypres	German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1915	Battle of Kitcheners' Wood	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Operations on the Gheluvelt Plateau, July–August 1917	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Passchendaele	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Pilckem Ridge	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Langemarck	battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Action of the Cockcroft, 19 August 1917	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Action of 22 August 1917	naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of the Menin Road Ridge	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Capture of Wurst Farm	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Polygon Wood	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Battle of Poelcappelle	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	First Battle of Passchendaele	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Second Battle of Passchendaele	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1917	Night action of 1/2 December 1917	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Battle of Markem	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1918	Fifth Battle of Ypres	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1944	Battle of Moerbrugge	United States, battle	Wikidata
object	watercraft		HM LST-420	tank landing ship, LST-1-class tank landing ship	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UB-59	Type UB III submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM UC-14	Type UC I submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SMS S15	S13-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy	Wikidata
object	watercraft	1945	HMS Liberty	Algerine-class minesweeper, minesweeper	Wikidata
organisation	factory		Béliard-Crighton	shipyard	Wikidata
organisation	military branch		Belgian Coast Guard	coast guard	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Batterie Pommern	Imperial German Navy, Imperial German Army, coastal battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Stützpunkt Stene	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery	1917	Batterie Deutschland	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Bunker Sint-Andries	performing arts center, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Essex Farm Advanced Dressing Station	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		German bunker ammunition depot	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Southern bunker in Tyne Cot Cemetery	pillbox, bunker	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Lapin	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Napoleon	military museum, fort, military training area, museum	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort van Beieren	province domain, fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Nieuwe Troje Redoubt	redoubt	Wikidata
site	fort		Sint-Albertusfort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort		Verbrand Fort	nature area, redoubt	Wikidata
site	fort	1584	Fort Knokke	destroyed building or structure, fort	Wikidata
site	museum		For Freedom Museum	museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum		Provinciedomein Raversijde - Atlantikwall - Walraversijde - memoriaal prins Karel	military museum, organization	Wikidata
site	museum		Site Lange Max	military museum, war memorial, museum, heritage site	Wikidata
site	museum	2003	Pondfarm	military museum, farm	Wikidata
site	museum	2012	Museum Cabour	military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2014	Lange Max Museum	military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Basilisk	shipwreck, B-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1897	HMS Vindictive	Arrogant-class protected cruiser, protected cruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
commons	image		Big German Gun of Leugenboon (Der Lange Max) - Groot Kanon van Leugenboom - Grand Canon de Leugenboom 02		Commons
commons	image		Big German Gun of Leugenboom (Der Lange Max)		Commons
commons	image		Ingang van een munitie opslagplaats in Moere in West Vlaanderen, SFA002026583		Commons
commons	image		Eerste Wereldoorlog, propaganda, ansichtkaarten, prentbriefkaarten, SFA018001131		Commons
commons	image		Big German Gun of Leugenboon (Der Lange Max) - Groot Kanon van Leugenboom - Grand Canon de Leugenboom 02		Commons
commons	image		Big German Gun of Leugenboom (Der Lange Max)		Commons
commons	image		Vier soldaten bij resten van het reuze kanon 'de lange Max', SFA002026610		Commons
commons	image		Vier soldaten bij een granatenlader voor Le long Max, een groot Duits kanon, staan voor een, SFA002026587		Commons
commons	image		38cmBttrPommern		Commons
commons	image		38cmBttrPommern		Commons