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Delta 7 World Geography: WW1: Tactics, Technology, and Terror

Delta 7 World Geography: WW1: Tactics, Technology, and Terror. Western Front. Germany’s Schlieffen Plan fails, German offensive stalls Both sides dig in for winter Positions become “static”(fixed) for much of war Trench-War begins, trenches stretch from Switz. to English Channel.

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Delta 7 World Geography: WW1: Tactics, Technology, and Terror

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  1. Delta 7 World Geography: WW1: Tactics, Technology, and Terror

  2. Western Front • Germany’s Schlieffen Plan fails, German offensive stalls • Both sides dig in for winter • Positions become “static”(fixed) for much of war • Trench-War begins, trenches stretch from Switz. to English Channel

  3. No Man’s Land • Empty space between trenches • “moonscape”, packed w/ craters, mud, barbed wire

  4. Tactics • Had not changed for decades • Reliance on frontal assaults • Cavalry charges still used

  5. Weapons • Modern weapons • Machine guns, tanks, planes • artillery • Poison gas- tear gas, mustard gas • One man could fight/defeat hundreds • Enfildaded(to skewer)

  6. Costly Battles • Battles of attrition • Who would “blink” first • Battle of the Somme, July to Nov, 1916 • British lose 58,000 men first few hours • Total loses from this one battle: • 420,000 U.K • French 200,000 • German 500,000

  7. The Great War • Largest war in history up to that point • Millions mobilized from dozens of countries. Colonies and territories • New war, not like “old” ones

  8. Summary • Europe not prepared for the true powers of industrialized warfare • Technology had outpaced tactics so that generations of men were lost for yards of territory

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