bellwork 4/13 use your reading on canadian involvement during wwi to answer the following questions:...

BELLWORK 4/13 Use your reading on Canadian Involvement during WWI to

answer the following questions:1. Describe the importance of Wilfred Laurier.2. Describe the importance of Robert Borden.3. Who was Sam Hughes? 4. What was the Military Service Act?5. Explain how Canadian minorities, like blacks & aboriginals

were involved in the war effort.6. THINKER: Based on the different types of warfare (limited,

total, guerilla, etc.) how would you classify WWI? Explain your reasoning!

Homework: Finish Canadian Involvement in WWI Packet by Thursday 4/16

Fighting WWI

Land, Sea & Air Tactics

Why did trench warfare lead to a stalemate?

What is a war of attrition?

What conditions did soldiers face on the Western front?

Trench Foot

Trench Rats Men killed in the

trenches were buried where they fell.

Large numbers of decomposing bodies filled up the trenches

This attracted rats Rats were carriers of

diseases, like malaria and influenza.

Diseases and Sanitation No proper system of

waste disposal Soldiers would use tins to

deposit waste and throw them over the trench.

This lack of sanitation caused disease to spread rapidly.

Shellshock Also known as Combat Stress

Reaction (CSR) In WWI, shell shock was

considered a psychiatric illness resulting from injury to the nerves during combat

The horrors of trench warfare meant that about 10% of the fighting soldiers were killed and the total proportion of troops who became casualties (killed or wounded) was 56%.

What new weapons were developed during WWI? How did

these new weapons lead to a change in tactics on the Western

front?

New weapon advances in WWI Tanks Machine Guns Mortars (shot a

shell in a high arc over a relatively short distance)

Flamethrowers Barbed Wire Mustard Gas

MUSTARD GAS

The Century, America’s Time: Shellshock!

Follow along with the video worksheet

Why did Britain and Germany each want control of the seas?

How did Germany use submarine warfare? Why was it effective?

German U-Boats German U-Boats, or

submarines, were used to attack enemy ships.

Submarine Warfare: blockade a country and attack any ship that was thought to be carrying war supplies.

By 1915, Germany was attacking civilian, commercial and war ships.

German U-Boats

President Wilson issued an ultimatum to the German government in 1915: “Germany will be held responsible for the loss of American lives or damage to American ships.”

Britain was not innocent either… By November 1914, Great Britain was the strongest naval power in the world,

so they used their power to: Mine the North Sea Blockade goods to Germany Seized shipments of nonmilitary supplies from the U.S. headed to neutral ports Broke international law by searching neutral merchant ships

Why do you think the U.S. would punish Germany for breaking international law, but not Britain?

Pro-British sympathy among influential government officials: Secretary of State Robert Lansing Wilson’s personal advisor, Edward M. House U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain, Walter Hines Page

Ultimately, the British blockade affected property but not lives. The German blockade threatened both.

Explain the turning point in naval warfare. How did the Allies defeat the U-boat threat?

Why did Germany fail at destroying British naval

supremacy?

How was aircraft used as support for naval/land warfare?

WWI Aircraft Zeppelin (Germany) British Airship

WWI Dogfights