Trench Warfare and The Evolving Technology of WWI World War One is overshadowed by its similarly named successor World War Two but it is because of World War One’s major technological advancements that changed warfare into what it is today. World War One resulted in over thirtyeight million casualties because of new technology being used in the war like the long range kills of the artillery‚ the ability of literally mowing down forces with the machine gun along with other advancements‚ and the true
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sometimes even drowned wounded men. The mud also caused trench foot‚ an infection caused by prolonged exposure to cold‚ wet and unsanitary conditions that sometimes led to amputation. The trenches were dug in a zigzag pattern to keep any sort of shell fire or explosions from spreading too far down the line‚ minimizing injury and or loss of life. Trenches were doug in sets of three main lines with sets of communication lines connecting them. The trench line furthest from the front was used for reserve
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Emergence of trench warfare - T- T- Trench warfare is a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. Troops are significantly protected from the enemy’s small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. E- Germans forced to retreat because Britain had bigger army- to stop they dug trenches and made huge defence lines –British couldn’t break line so they dug their own trenches. X-The Western Font is an example of a trench and it stretches over 700
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2. Introduction Trench warfare played a major role in the outcome of world war one (WW1). Millions of soldiers died due to this method of fighting and many more were wounded. Since then they have not been used in wars dues to their ineffectiveness against modern technology such as planes‚ helicopters and nuclear weapons. 3. The Trenches and why they were Employed Trenches are ditches in which soldiers can fight. The trenches in WW1 were built about two – three metres deep and measured two metres
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France‚ Italy and America. WW1 started for many reasons. For instance militarism (building up strong armed forces to prepare for war)‚ Alliances (an agreement between counties to work together to achieve a common goal)‚ imperialism (policy of powerful countries seeking to control the economic and political affairs of weaker or smaller countries) and nationalism (strong feeling of pride‚ loyalty and protectiveness for ones country. Also Germany wanted control over the world. WW1 was very special though
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Please include at least three examples of new technologies in your answer. New technology in WWI made soldiers have to invent new forms of deffience which included trench warfare. Soldiers would hide in trenches and firer at enemys. People who went in the middle would face lots of fire and risk. New technology like the tank made warfare more dangerous as well. Submarines were also invented and were used by germany to sink passing vessels. Another form of technolgy included newer guns that were faster
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European countries and ended in 1918 with high numbers of casualties. With the war and alliances‚ came the need for new technology and innovation for warfare. Since human progress is the ability to use innovation to benefit and protect oneself‚ it went to a minimal extent in World War I in indicating human progress. The utility of the trench warfare and the poison gas between countries did not benefit them in terms of victory and harmed those who used it instead. Through 1914 to 1918‚ World War
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Trench Foot was a serious disorder during World War 1‚ especially during the winter of 1914-1915‚ when over 20‚000 Allied men were affected. Whale oil played a vital role in minimizing the condition but even so some 74‚000 Allied troops had been afflicted by the end of the war. In Flanders and France trenches were dug in land that was often at or near to sea level and where the water table was just beneath the soil surface. After a couple of feet of digging the soldiers inevitably hit water and
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World War One was a horrific event. The number of known dead has been placed at about 10‚000‚000 men. The main method of combat during the first world war a.k.a. the Great World War‚ was trench warfare. Trench warfare was one of the main reasons so many men died. It was a ruthless system of warfare‚ in which lines and lines of men were repeatedly mowed down‚ one after the other. Life in the trenches‚ on the daily‚ was filled with horror‚ and death. Death was a constant companion to those serving
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During the interwar period the allies developed several lines of thinking as to how airpower would be used in future warfare. The military and political leaders of the day were looking for a way to avoid the horrors of trench warfare from World War I. This timeframe offers an interesting look at how technology‚ in the form of airpower‚ had a great potential to affect future wars‚ but a lack of understanding of its accuracy and how to implement the technology lead to false assumptions‚ which resulted
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