trench warfare
DESCRIPTION
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. TRENCH WARFARE. TRENCH FOOT. WESTERN FRONT. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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-
1. LICE
2. MICE
3. RATS
4. TRENCH FOOT
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.
U-BOATS
1. 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
AIRPLANES
• NOT VERY MANEUVERABLE OR FAST
• PURPOSE OF AIRPLANES
1. OBSERVING TROOP MOVEMENTS
2. DROPPING EXPLOSIVES
AIRPLANE
• WHEN & WHERE WAS THE AIRPALNE INVENTED?
• KITTY HAWK NC & 1903
• WHO INVENTED THE AIRPLANE?
• ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT
HAND GRENADE
• USED ON THE WESTERN AND EASTERN FRONT.
• USED TO FLUSH OUT SOLDIERS FROM THE TRENCHES
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.
JAGGED BAYONET