TRENCH WARFARE
• EXTENSIVE TUNNELS (7 FEET DEEP)THAT WERE DUG TO PROTECT SOLDIERS FROM MACHINE GUN FIRE AND ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENTS.
• USED EXTENSIVELY ON THE WESTERN FRONT.
• SOLDIERS WOULD LIVE THERE FOR WEEKS.
• PROBLEMS IN THE TRENCHES-
1. LICE
2. MICE
3. RATS
4. TRENCH FOOT
TRENCH FOOT
WESTERN FRONT
BUILDING THE TRENCHES
NEW WEAPONS USED IN WWI
1. TANKS-
• ARMOURED VEHICLE, MOUNTED WITH GUNS, THAT ENABLED TROOPS TO BREAK THROUGH ENEMY LINES.
• FIRST USED BY GREAT BRITAIN.
U-BOATS
1. SUBMARINE-
* UNDERWATER BOATS FIRST USED BY GERMANY. CONSIDERED TO BE A BRUTAL WEAPON.
• U-BOATS SANK THE LUSITANIA, SUSSEX, AND THE FALABA.
• LUSITANIA- KILLED 128 AMERICANS
• SUSSEX-KILLED 2 AMERICANS
• FALABA-KILLED 3 AMERICAN
SLEEPING AREA IN A U-BOAT
LUSITANIA
MACHINE GUN
• GUN THAT COULD FIRE SEVERAL ROUNDS PER SECOND-RAPID FIRE
• FIRST USED BY THE GERMANS.
HOW THE MACHINE GUN WORKED
FLAME THROWER
• USED BY THE CENTRAL POWERS.
• USED TO INCINERATE BODIES LOCATED IN “NO MANS LAND”.
AIRPLANES
• NOT VERY MANEUVERABLE OR FAST
• PURPOSE OF AIRPLANES
1. OBSERVING TROOP MOVEMENTS
2. DROPPING EXPLOSIVES
AIRPLANE
• WHEN & WHERE WAS THE AIRPALNE INVENTED?
• KITTY HAWK NC & 1903
• WHO INVENTED THE AIRPLANE?
• ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT
HAND GRENADE
• USED ON THE WESTERN AND EASTERN FRONT.
• USED TO FLUSH OUT SOLDIERS FROM THE TRENCHES
CONVENTION AL HAND GRENADE
BAYONET
GUN & BAYONET
A JAGGED KNIFE ON THE END OF A RIFFLE.
PURPOSE- HAND TO HAND COMBAT.
REPLACED MIDWAY THROUGH THE WAR.
CONSIDERED A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH.
JAGGED BAYONET
SPADE REPLACES BAYONET
SPADE
• REPLACED THE BAYONET DURING WWI.
• THE SPADE WAS A SMALL FLAT HEAD SHOVEL.
