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World War I Begins The German battle strategy was called the Schlieffen plan. Germany attacks France from the North after first
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World War I Begins
The German battle strategy was called the Schlieffen plan.
Germany attacks France from the North after first invading Belgium.
World War I Begins
As the Germans moved south, the French moved south too.
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German army is Red, French Army is Blue.
The Allies stayed between the Germans and Paris.
World War I: Trench Warfare
As each side moved south, they dug elaborate trench systems to escape enemy fire. Neither side could gain any advantage on the other. Definition:Trench Warfare- non moving battle lines dug into the ground facing each other. In World War One, the opposing sides fought each other from trenches with neither side gaining any advantage until the end of the war.
World War I : Trench Warfare
On the Western Front, both sides had trenches that stretched for over 450 miles.
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World War I Trench Warfare
Aerial photo of German Trenches to the right and British trenches to the left.The area between the trenches is called no mans land.Why are the trenches zig zagged?
World War I Trench Warfare
German army is Red, French Army is Blue.
World War I Trench Warfare
Diagram of a New Zealand Army Trench
World War I Trench Warfare
British Army in the Trenches1916
World War I Trench Warfare
German trenches in a French Forest devastated by war.
World War I - Trench Warfare
Going over the top!
New Weapons in World War I
Machine Guns
Browning Machine Guns used by British and American forces - water cooled and fires 450 to 600 rounds a minute
New Weapons in World War IPoison Gas was first used in 1914 by the French
Gas masks were needed for soldiers and horses
“Gas was one of a soldier’s greatest fearseven though only it killed only 3% of soldiers in the war.”
New Weapons in World War I
Tanks were first used in 1916 by the British.
tanks frightened the Germans, but they were rather unreliable and broke down often.
New Weapons in World War I
U Boats – German submarines unrestricted submarine warfare
New Weapons in World War I
German U Boat attacking a US ship in 1915.
New Weapons in World War IAirplanes First used for observation, Later pilots were dropping bombs and shooting at each other.
German Tri Plane
British Sopwith Camel
