PPT-Trench Warfare

Why was war fought from trenches Weapons of war had been developed that were so deadly need to have cover QuestionsAnswers from The Trenches handout Review Trench Diagrams Purpose of trench features. **Take five minutes to write down two ideas/reactions you have about this quote**. What do you think it means?. What does it mean to be destroyed by the war? . World War 1: War in the Trenches . “All Quiet on the Western Front” . Lesson Aim: . To have applied knowledge of why WWI was a trench war to answering exam questions. . TASK: . In your book match the word with the correct letter. . A. Firebay. Company HQ dugout. Reserve trench. Chapter 29. 2. Changing Warfare. Changes in technologies, tactics, and weaponry. Communication achieved through telephone, Morse Code, radios, and carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons placed in a gas protection box. Warefare. Trench . Warefare. Germany had a plan to win the Great War.. Von Schlieffen Plan. Trench Warfare. – type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire. World War One. Total War/Modern Warfare. Myth. Reality. Technological Advances from World War I. The industrialization of society from the Industrial Revolution would generate many military applications of new technology. TRENCH WARFARE in WORLD WAR I. Introduction to Trench Warfare. Trench warfare was a major feature of World War I. Because the combination of machine guns and heavy artillery made life above ground too dangerous, the opposing armies dug a series of trenches from which to defend themselves and to launch attacks. The trenches outline only some of the deplorable conditions the troops were forced to endure. There were other dangers in the trenches as well as disease, starvation and boredom. . 2. Changing Warfare. Changes in technologies, tactics, and weaponry. Communication achieved through telephone, Morse Code, radios, and carrier pigeons. Carrier pigeons placed in a gas protection box. L/O – To identify the . how the trench system develop and to describe the features of the trench system. The Race to the Sea. The Battle of the Marne was a . turning point. . The Schlieffen Plan had failed. Germany was now caught up in a war on . German Military Strategy. Strike France 1. st. through Belgium (neutral). GB stranded. Focus on Russia. Trench Warfare. Warfare on Western Front. Long trenches. No Man’s Land. Separated the 2 sides. When Canadian soldiers left for Europe and the war in the fall of 1914, most were expecting adventure, heroism, and excitement. What they encountered upon their arrival was much different, and far from glamorous. Soldiers were living in trenches- long, narrow ditches, dug by hand, that they would live in day and night. The trenches would often fill with water from the rai, and muddy puddles would fill the bottoms of the trenches, causing trench foot when soldiers would stand in the water for long periods of time. It was certainly a difficult way of life while fighting day in and day out.. a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.. A Continuous front. -. For a couple of months, both sides . attempted to outflank. the other but were unable to achieve . AP EURO Unit #6 – Early 20 th Century (The World Wars) Lesson #602 Fighting and impact of WWI Pressures led to war M ilitarization E mpire competing A lliances N ationalism Dan snow – 4m description of assassination: . Germany starts the offensive. World War I officially began with the German army storming through Belgium, into France.. At the First . Battle of the Marne, . the German runs into French forces. A stalemate occurs. How was trench warfare used in WWI? Why did this tactic lead to a stalemate?. What weapons were created to fight WWI?. How was aircraft used in WWI?. Define . total war.. Define . war of attrition. .