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 ID: 783092
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Reading/Review Questions
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.
THINKER: Make
a prediction
How would WWI change women’s roles and rights in society? Why does war often bring social change
?
Slide2Fighting WWI:
Western Front
Battles, Strategies, New Weapons
Slide3Trench Warfare
How was trench warfare used in WWI? Why did this tactic lead to a stalemate?
Slide4Trench Warfare
Relied on defense
b
oth
sides
dug trenches
facing each other.Result was a stalemate situation- both sides stuck, neither able to attack because the other defended so well.Men would charge across open fields rushing to the opposing side & be cut down with machine gun fire.
Slide5Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9Slide10Disease
No proper system of waste disposal
Soldiers would use tins to deposit waste and throw them over the trench.
Large numbers of decomposing bodies filled up the trenches
This attracted rats who carried diseases, like malaria and influenza.
Slide11Trench Foot
Slide12Shellshock
In WWI, shell shock was considered a psychiatric illness resulting from injury to the nerves during combat
The horrors of trench warfare meant that about 10% of the fighting soldiers were killed and the total proportion of troops who became casualties (killed or wounded) was 56%.
Slide13New weapons in WWI
Tanks
Machine Guns
Zeppelins (Air)
Mortars (shot a shell in a high arc over a relatively short distance)
Helmets
Barbed WireMustard Gas
What weapons were created to fight WWI?
Slide14Progression of the Machine Gun
Early machine guns were heavy, hard to transport, required several men to operate and overheated
Later, they added coolant & made them lighter = increased effectiveness; could fire 1,200 rounds a minute and were mass produced
Slide15Slide16MUSTARD GAS
Slide17How was aircraft used in World War I?
Slide18WWI Aircraft
Zeppelin (Germany)
British Airship
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1oxX4Q6ndo
Add to mind map!
Slide19Aircraft was vital in supporting naval warfare & ground troops
Slide20WWI Dogfights
Slide21What is TOTAL WAR?
Complete mobilization of all resources available
everything is dedicated to the war effort!
People, agriculture, industry, economy, etc.
Slide22What is a war of attrition?
A military strategy in which one side attempts to win a war by wearing down the enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in morale, personnel, supplies, etc.
This is key in TOTAL WAR!
Slide23Women in WWI
Make a prediction
How would WWI change women’s roles and rights in society? Why does war often bring social change?
https
://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cVSjzuvThE
Slide24Video:
WWI – Slaughter in the Trenches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLEIalZiCMo
(start at 1:40)
Covers WWI through primary footage and stories.
Continue adding notes to your mind map… especially Western Front battles, new weapons & women’s roles.