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WARFARE OF WORLD WAR I

WARFARE OF WORLD WAR I. MACHINE GUNS. NEW INVENTION THAT CHANGED THE FACE OF WARFARE. FIRST TIME THAT RAPID REPEAT FIRE WAS USED IN COMBAT THESE GUNS ALLOWED FOR ONE PUSH OF TRIGGER TO FIRE MULTIPLE ROUNDS

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WARFARE OF WORLD WAR I

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  1. WARFARE OF WORLD WAR I

  2. MACHINE GUNS • NEW INVENTION THAT CHANGED THE FACE OF WARFARE. • FIRST TIME THAT RAPID REPEAT FIRE WAS USED IN COMBAT • THESE GUNS ALLOWED FOR ONE PUSH OF TRIGGER TO FIRE MULTIPLE ROUNDS • PRIOR TO WORLD WAR I THERE HAD BEEN TURN CRANK GUNS THAT HAD REPEATING FIRE, BUT THEY WERE NOT MACHINE GUNS • THIS GUN LED TO THE END OF ARMIES MARCHING IN LINES ON THE FIELD • LED TO CREATION OF TRENCH WARFARE

  3. TRENCH WARFARE • THIS WAS NOT A NEW FORM OF WARFARE – SEEN IN U.S. CIVIL WAR • THE SIZE OF AREA THAT WAS TRENCHED DURING WORLD WAR I WAS MUCH LARGER THAN BEFORE • ALSO THE USE OF MACHINE GUNS MADE FIGHTING IN TRENCHES MUCH DIFFERENT • EFFECTS: • SLOWED WAR • MADE IT MORE DEADLY • CREATED STALEMATES • LED TO CREATION OF MORE NEW WEAPONS

  4. NEW INVENTIONS OF WORLD WAR I • CHEMICAL GAS – CHLORINE AND MUSTARD GAS • FIRST USED – THERE WAS PROBLEM WITH GAS BLOWING BACK ON OWN TRENCH • EVENTUALLY FOUND A GUN THAT FIRE GAS CANISTERS INTO ENEMY TRENCHES • WAS THOUGHT TO BE BARBARIC BY MANY COMMANDERS • USED TO GET ENEMY OUT OF TRENCHES SO THEY COULD BE SHOT • DESTROYED LUNGS, BURNT EYES AND SKIN, CAUSED SUFFOCATION • GAS MASK – CREATED TO COMBAT GAS • FIRST ONES WOULD ONLY LAST MINUTES – LONG ENOUGH TO GET AWAY FROM TRENCH

  5. NEW INVENTIONS OF WORLD WAR I • TANKS – CREATED AN ARMORED BARRIER TO GET TROOPS CLOSER TO ENEMY TRENCHES WITHOUT BEING SHOT BY MACHINE GUNS • CALLED “PURPLE HEART BOXES” OR “COFFINS ON TREADS” • THEY WERE THINNLY ARMORED AND BULLETS WOULD PENETRATE ARMOR AND RICOCHETTE THROUGHOUT INSIDE OF TANK – KILLED CREW • PLANES – MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE THAN TANKS, BUT BOTH SIDES DEVELOPED THEM AND NEITHER GAINED AN ADVANTAGE

  6. OUTCOMES OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES • INCREASES CASULTY TOTALS OF THE WAR • CAUSED STALEMATES AS EACH SIDE FOUND ANSWERS TO NEW TECHNOLOGY • INCREASED THE AMOUNT SPENT DURING WAR • CAUSED INDUSTRY TO CONVERT TO WAR EFFORT – DID DAMAGE TO ECONOMIES • CAUSED MORE LIFELONG DAMAGE TO SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES • ELIMINATED AN ENTIRE GENERATION OF MEN AGES 18-27.

  7. QUESTIONS • WHAT INVENTION OF WORLD WAR I CHANGED THE FACE OF WARFARE FOREVER? WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE OF ARMIES TO THIS INVENTION IN ORDER TO AVOID IT? • WHAT EFFECTS DID TRENCH WARFARE HAVE ON THE WAR? • WHAT INVENTION CAME ABOUT TO GET MEN OUT OF TRENCHES? • WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF CHEMICAL GAS?

  8. QUESTIONS • WHAT WERE TWO OTHER INVENTIONS THAT WERE USED BY ARMIES TO AID IN GETTING THE ENEMY OUT OF THE TRENCHES? • WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS/OUTCOMES OF NEW INVENTIONS OF THE WAR?

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