TRENCH WARFARE

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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-
• LICE
• MICE
• RATS
• TRENCH FOOT

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TRENCH FOOT
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WESTERN FRONT
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BUILDING THE TRENCHES
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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.

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U-BOATS

• 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

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SLEEPING AREA IN A U-BOAT
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LUSITANIA
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MACHINE GUN

• GUN THAT COULD FIRE SEVERAL ROUNDS PER
  SECOND-RAPID FIRE
• FIRST USED BY THE GERMANS.

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HOW THE MACHINE GUN WORKED
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FLAME THROWER

• USED BY THE CENTRAL POWERS.
• USED TO INCINERATE BODIES LOCATED IN NO MANS
  LAND.

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AIRPLANES

• NOT VERY MANEUVERABLE OR FAST
• PURPOSE OF AIRPLANES
• OBSERVING TROOP MOVEMENTS
• DROPPING EXPLOSIVES

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AIRPLANE

• WHEN WHERE WAS THE AIRPALNE INVENTED?
• KITTY HAWK NC 1903
• WHO INVENTED THE AIRPLANE?
• ORVILLE WILBUR WRIGHT

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HAND GRENADE

• USED ON THE WESTERN AND EASTERN FRONT.
• USED TO FLUSH OUT SOLDIERS FROM THE TRENCHES

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CONVENTION AL HAND GRENADE
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BAYONET

• JAGGED 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.

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SPADE REPLACES BAYONET

• SPADE

• REPLACED THE BAYONET DURING WWI.
• THE SPADE WAS A SMALL FLAT HEAD SHOVEL.