PPT-Warfare- In the Trenches

DO NOW Pages 4243 Learning Target I will understand how World War I was fought and consider the impacts of these strategies and techniques Success criteria I am able to describe trench warfare and explain the impact of the modern weaponry . We are doing class a little differently today. Please find your laptop and sit at a place where you can see the board.. Think about it. What are our some of our modern warfare weapons?. Essential Question. Stalemate and Attrition. The . Western. Front in . 1914. The . Western. Front . in 1918. Change over the course of the war. Conclusions?. What can you conclude about the effectiveness of trench warfare during WWI from the maps?. . ALLIES. Serbia. Russia . France. Great Britain. Italy. (Later the United States). CENTRAL POWERS. Austria-Hungry. Germany. Ottoman Empire. World War I. THE GREAT WAR. 1914 -1918. AIM. 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. . 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.. 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 . Turn in:. . Nothing. Take out :. . Previous notes. Note-taking devices. T. oday’s Learning Objectives:. I can explain how technology and trench warfare impacted combatants as The Great European War began.. 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 . What was . the Western Front?. The Western Front. . The two main fronts:. . On your coloured and labeled map of the alliances in your workbook, mark the Western front and the Eastern front. . Schlieffen Plan. . 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. The Western Front. Germany’s plan didn’t work and France and Germany faced many months in a . Stalemate.. . Forced to settle in for the winter, both sides built trenches.. Trench Warfare. Trenches were like a maze stretching for miles.. 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. .