PPT-Weapons & Trench Warfare

World War One Total WarModern 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. By Nicholas Ng. HON 301. Professors Eduardo . Mendieta. and Frederick Walter. Old Methods of War. Hand to hand combat. Bladed weapons such as swords, spears, pikes. Projectile weapons mostly used in siege warfare. . Evolution of Warfare. Military. an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country (or attacking other countries) by combating actual or perceived threats. . A New Kind of War. Knight’s Charge. Who was assassinated that “sparked” the “powder keg?”. Explain how the domino effect impacted WWI.. What was the revolutionary group called that carried out the above assassination?. 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?. Why was war fought from trenches?. Weapons of war had been developed that were so deadly … need to have cover.. Questions/Answers from ‘The Trenches’ handout:. Review Trench Diagrams. Purpose of trench features. Chapter 23. By Zack, Jeremy, and Jose. Period 2. 3/3/16. Thesis. America, upon entering the era of World War 1 (or The Great War, as it was known at that time), dealt with several factors that contributed to the advancements and setbacks of the war, including the drafting of soldiers and their enlistment to aid European countries, the problematic struggles and eclectic triumphs of military recruits and personnel, and the new and advanced technology that was used on the battlefield. . LO: To be able to explain what Siege Warfare was.. Siege warfare. L.O. .. LO: To be able to explain what Siege Warfare was.. By the end of this lesson.... ALL OF . US you can describe in detail and identify strengths and weaknesses of each type of siege weapon. (4C-4A). 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 . Important Terms: . Trench Warfare, Stalemate, Attrition . Do Now:. What were the four primary causes of WWI? . World War I. An Industrialized War. The Balkan Powder Keg. Serbian nationalists wanted to unite Serbs in the Balkans. WWI . Pt. 2. New Technology and US in the War. New Technology. Lots of new technology and new weapons were used during WWI that changed the way wars were fought. Mechanization of warfare for WWI lead to cheaper, faster production of weapons. 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.