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.