Rio G, Tye B, Z-Rock

TOPIC 3: WEAPONRY & TECHNOLOGY

AIR WARFARE• Planes were originally

used spy on enemies• Last year of war France,

Germany, and Britain produced over 70,000 planes

• The united states army had close to no planes when they joined the war

• When planes would fight against each other in the air it was called a dog fight

AIR WARFARE CONTINUED

• The most famous dogfighter was the red baron from

Germany• He shot down about 80

planes in these dog fights• He was killed when shot by

an artillery flying over a trench

LAND WARFARE

SEA WARFARE

German U-Boats(Undersea Boats)

Battleships•Heavily armored•Used in sea warfare

SEA WARFARE CONTINUED

Huge battleships were the most important naval weapon

1 ft. thick steel armor, steam turbines to power. Faster than any other warship, ten 12 in. guns

“Ideal ship” -> started an arms race between Britain and Germany

“Dreadnought” name for a huge, heavily-armored battleship

The German navy was based out of ports on North Sea

The British fleet based at the port of Scapa Flow

The Germans and British had a war over the North Sea

(North Sea important for imports, raw material, etc)

British won

SEA WARFARE CONTINUED

Sea Mine•Blocked enemies in tight areas•Usually used in harbors

Battle At SeaVery important factor when it comes to sea warfareIf the Allies didn’t figure out how to avoid the German U-Boats, The war may have turned out different

WARFARE VIDEO

SEA WARFARE VIDEO

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RIO’S BIBLIOGRAPHY• "Technology." World War I Reference Library. Ed. Sara Pendergast, Christine Slovey, and

Tom Pendergast. Vol. 1: Almanac. Detroit: UXL, 2002. 137-154. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

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Z-ROCK’S BIBLIOGRAPHY• Hilton, Laura J. "Chemical Warfare: World War II." World at War: Understanding Conflict and

Society. ABC-CLIO, 2013. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

• Gochenour, Phil. "The Technology of War." Science and Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol. 6: 1900 to 1949. Detroit: Gale, 2000. 569-574. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

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