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Trench Warfare

Trench Warfare. Trench Warfare – type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire. Cross-section of a front-line trench . British trench, France, July 1916 (during the Battle of the Somme).

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Trench Warfare

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  1. Trench Warfare Trench Warfare – type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire Cross-section of a front-line trench 

  2. British trench, France, July 1916 (during the Battle of the Somme)

  3. French soldiers firing over their own dead

  4. An aerial photograph of the opposing trenches and no-man's land in Artois, France, July 22, 1917. German trenches are at the right and bottom, British trenches are at the top left. The vertical line to the left of centre indicates the course of a pre-war road.

  5. Rats in the millions infested trenches. Gorging themselves on human remains (grotesquely disfiguring them by eating their eyes and liver) they grow to the size of a cat. Although men would try to rid themselves of the rats, it was futile. A single rat could produce up to 900 offspring in a year, spreading infection and contaminating food. Living Conditions in the Trenches: Rats

  6. A photograph of a man suffering from trench foot.

  7. British Vickers machine gun crew, western front, World War I.

  8. French Renault Tank

  9. British Tank at Ypres

  10. The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917

  11. The Zeppelin

  12. FlameThrowers GrenadeLaunchers

  13. Poison Gas Machine Gun

  14. Why did it take so long for America to get involved in the war? • America was isolationist • “Why should I get involved in someone else’s problems”

  15. Thinking Slide: • Is isolationism really an option for a country as powerful as the United States?

  16. Which side should the US pick? Central Powers: Allies: • 11 million German-Americans • Irish-Americans hated Great Britain • Close cultural ties • Shared transatlantic cables (so censored stories) • Big business loaned much $ to allies US Exports to both sides:

  17. · In 1915, a German submarine torpedoed the Lusitania, a British passenger ship, killing approximately 1,200 people, including 128 Americans.

  18. · Americans were infuriated with the destruction of the Lusitania.

  19. Moving Toward War Zimmermann telegram: – secret message from Germany to Mexico urging Mexico to attack the U.S. if the U.S. declared war on Germany – Germany promised to help Mexico regain land it lost to the U.S. in the Mexican War. * The U.S. declared war on the Central Powers in 1917.

  20. (above) Zimmermann Telegram as Received by the German Ambassador to Mexico, 01/19/1917 (right) decoded words

  21. Zimmermann Telegram: Decoded Message

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