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WORLD WAR I TECHNOLOGYNapoleonic Warfare 1815:
Close lines of foot-soldiers with short-range muskets
New weapons: Machine Gun, Bolt Action Rifle, Heavy artillery
1914-15 Development of a Trench system
World War I 1915: War horse Video, trench warfare
Creation of No-Man’s Land
How to break the stalemate?
Gas Tanks Aircraft
Battle of Somme: 60,000 British soldiers killed or wounded in 1 day,
1.2 million soldiers killed and wounded combined over 5 months, for 3 miles of ground.
Stalemate continues:
Great Britain is an island…
German U-boat (submarine and torpedoes)) Campaign
Sinking of Lusitania and Zimmerman Telegraph lead to…
1917: American involvement
Last German Offensive is defeated in fall of 1918
November 11th, 1918-Armistice day
Final Casualty list: