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New technology and strategies. American Military Involvement . Trench Warfare. Western Front Networks of trenches stretched from the English Channel to the Swiss Border “ No Man’s Land ”; area between the trenches. Trenches . Trench Warfare. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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New technology and strategies
American Military Involvement
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Trench Warfare• Western Front– Networks of trenches stretched from the
English Channel to the Swiss Border– “No Man’s Land”; area between the
trenches
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Trenches
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Trench Warfare• To break through the enemy lines;
massive artillery barrages opened fire
• Brave bayonet wielding soldiers would scramble out and race across no man’s land
• Hurled grenades– Result: disaster; hardly destroyed the enemies
trenches– Massive deaths
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Conditions in a Trench
• Lack of food and water• Rats, bugs, diseases, dead bodies• Standing in mud and water• Trench foot from standing in the wet mud for
weeks. • Diseases and infection spread.
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Trench Foot
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All Quiet on the Western Front
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ciq9ts02ci4&list=PL813BB3BE40151CF1
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Technology• 1917, millions of lives have been lost– New technologies– New strategies
• Trench Warfare– Troops dug themselves into the ground.
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Technology• Unsuccessful at attacking trenches; a
new approach was looked at1. Poison Gas2. Gas Masks3. Tank
- very slow- mechanically unreliable- easy to destroy
4. Airplanes- used mainly to observe enemy activities- dropped small bombs- attached machine guns- dog fights
5. Zeppelins- German airships used as bombers
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Zeppelins
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Allies airplane
Central Powers airplane
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American Support• Americans and Victory– “Doughboys” American soldiers
• Inexperienced• Fresh• Presence boosted allies’ morale
• American Expeditionary Force– United States armed forces fought
along side the French and British in the last year of the war.
• Forces led by General John J. Pershing