delta 7 world geography: ww1: tactics, technology, and terror
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Delta 7 World Geography: WW1: Tactics, Technology, and Terror. Western Front. Germany’s Schlieffen Plan fails, German offensive stalls Both sides dig in for winter Positions become “static”(fixed) for much of war Trench-War begins, trenches stretch from Switz. to English Channel. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Delta 7 World Geography: WW1: Tactics, Technology, and Terror
Western Front• Germany’s Schlieffen Plan fails,
German offensive stalls• Both sides dig in for winter• Positions become “static”(fixed)
for much of war• Trench-War begins, trenches
stretch from Switz. to English Channel
No Man’s LandEmpty space between trenches“moonscape”, packed w/ craters,
mud, barbed wire
TacticsHad not changed for decadesReliance on frontal assaultsCavalry charges still used
WeaponsModern weaponsMachine guns, tanks, planesartilleryPoison gas- tear gas, mustard
gasOne man could fight/defeat
hundredsEnfildaded(to skewer)
Costly BattlesBattles of attritionWho would “blink” firstBattle of the Somme, July to Nov,
1916British lose 58,000 men first few
hoursTotal loses from this one battle:420,000 U.KFrench 200,000German 500,000
The Great WarLargest war in history up to that
pointMillions mobilized from dozens of
countries. Colonies and territoriesNew war, not like “old” ones
SummaryEurope not prepared for the true
powers of industrialized warfareTechnology had outpaced tactics
so that generations of men were lost for yards of territory