WW I

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WW I

• Technology of WW I
• JOny Corral, Alex wentland, Jorge alvarez, Chris
  gatsakos, Steven dorn, A.J kaimakis

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Trench life in WW I

• Life in the trenches during the first world war
  took many forms, and varied widely from sector to
  sector.
• Death was a constant companion to those serving
  in the line.

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Trench history

• Ivan Bloch had suggested digging trenches, would
  avoid the machine gun.
• Life in trenches stretched from the Swiss border
  to the east cost of the English channel.

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Trench diseases

• Trench fever was discovered in 1950 and
  disappeared in 1918
• The British generals thought that trench war fare
  was temporary and had no point to supply
  materials to the front line
• Louse infestation ran about 97 of the soldiers
  fighting in the front line.

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How long would a man have to live in a trench

• A general pattern for trench routine was 4 days
  in the front line, 4 days in reserve, 4 at rest.
• This varied enormously depending on conditions,
  the weather and the availability of enough
  reserve troops to be able to rotate them in this
  way

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WW1 Tanks
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WW1 Tanks

• Not until 1916 were tanks introduced to battle.
• September 15, 1916, the British tanks were used
  in battle.
• These were new and useful in WW1.

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WW1 Tanks

• The British in WW1 used 2,350 tanks out of 13
  types. The French used 4,000 cars and the
  Germans used 20 tanks.
• The men would hide behind the tanks to advance on
  trenches.

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WW1

• A type of British and Russian tank was called the
  Austin Dutilou.
• A German tank was the Sturpanzerwagon.
• One of the British tanks had two wheel on the
  back for support.

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WW1 Tanks

• The caterpillar track was how the tanks moved.
• It was designed in 1770.
• The designer was Richard Edgeworth.

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WW1 tanks

• The British tank had two hatches.
• One was the rear hatch.
• One was the drivers hatch.
• There were two drivers.
• One for each track.
• The driver would see out of the square box in
  front of the tank.

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Poison Gas and Machine Guns
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Weapons of WW1

• In WW1, the world found new ways to kill men
• The main weapon used bolt-action rifle
• The 8mm Hotchkiss M.l.e was used by the French
• Functioned as automatics, gas operated and
  air-cooled.

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Machine Guns

• The 1914 machine gun, was usually positioned on a
  flat tripod
• Cooling took one of two forms water cooled or
  air cooled.
• Water cooled machine guns would still overheat
  quickly that's why there was such a demand for
  water

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Torpedoes

• Torpedoes were used by submarines.
• Germans used torpedoes to blow up ships carrying
  supplies.
• The Germans torpedoed the passenger liner
  Lusitania on May 1st, 1915, which sank

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Poison Gas

• The German army was the first to use chlorine.
• Chlorine gas causes a burning sensation
•  Mustard gas was the most deadly weapon used
• It is colorless and takes 12 hours to take
  effect.
• Effects include blistering skin, vomiting, sore
  eyes, internal and external bleeding.

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Poison Gas

• In August 1914, the French fired fatal tear
  grenades.
• Three months later they released 85 tons
  poisonous chlorine gas
• Chlorine was followed by phosgene
• The deadly mustard gas odorless and colorless
• It attacked victims wherever skin was exposed

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Airplanes of WWI
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Before The War

• Never had used airplanes for warfare before
• Germany had over 250 airplanes
• French and Britain had over 80 planes
• U.S and Russia had hardly any.

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About The First Planes

• First used for spying enemy coordinates.
• Planes would crash a lot.
• Moved slowly though the air.
• Pilots did not have parachutes.

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How Airplane Warfare Started

• French shot down German Scout
• Countries started throwing bricks at each other
• Bricks barely took down enemy planes.
• Started developing ideas for war planes.

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Newer and Better Airplanes

• Countries started racing for the better
  technology
• Bombs were invented to drop on enemy territories.
• Lighter airplanes let them have heavier guns.
• Zeppelins would carry bombs but were easy to
  shoot down

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Effects of Airplanes in WWI

• Airplanes had no effect on outcome of the war
• Gave ideas to make airplanes weapons
• Light Planes, Bombs, Machine Guns.
• Set the foundation to World War Two.

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Subs and U-Boats in WW1
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Subs and U-boats

• U-boats were lined up at the docks.
• William Bourne drew plans for submarines but
  wasnt built until 1620.
• There was not enough to fulfill the goal of
  submarine warfare.

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Subs and U-Boats

• Threats to America broke off relations with
  Germany.
• Allied and neutral losses continued climbing.
• 37,000 ton subs grew to 180,000 tons by Dec.1916.

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Subs and U-Boats

• U-boat activity was huge in 1917.
• The coming of anti-submarine strategies held
  back.
• British losses changed the predator into prey.

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Anti-submarine warfare

• The Q-ship attempted to destroy hidden enemy.
• Permitting to leave made U-boats surface.
• Enemies made the U-boat surface before sinking
  it.

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Subs and U-boats

• 1916 would see this lull come to an end.
• On Mar. 13, 1916 the German loosened its
  position on sinking.
• German U-boats would shoot the British in home
  waters.
• The UB 29 sank the ship Sussex on Mar. 24, 1916.