- Stalemate led to development of trench’s – race to the sea to out-flank each other…
Other reasons – mechanisms of trench warfare. Weapons were more suited for defense e.g. machine gun, artillery and barbed wire. Old tactic were used e.g. cavalry charges. Reconnaissance of enemy positions was poor. Both sides were able to get new supplies through using rail networks and neither side adapted quickly enough to develop new weapons or methods. The huge death toll in the first few months meant both sides needed to regroup.…
Trench warfare was an interesting thing, he technology changed how well it worked, and he attitude of leaders changed trench warfare as well. The war was brutal and killed millions of…
This war was to become known as the ‘trench war,’ as fighting on the ground consisted of soldiers in dugout mud trenches, heavy artillery barrages, and men charging into no-mans land, which was itself a desolate landscape between the trenches, scarred by combat, death and seemingly endless explosive craters. To this point, the aspect of predominant trench-warfare has been debated as prolonging the war, as well as being the root of the deadliest conflict in history to that end, and planting the roots for the Second World War to later transpire. Furthermore, the four-year Great War not only represents that of death and bloodshed of the…
7. What were some of the new weapons used in WWI and what was trench warfare?…
Firstly Trench Warfare is a method of defence that was used throughout the First World War. We know…
Emergence of trench warfare - T- T- Trench warfare is a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. Troops are significantly protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. E- Germans forced to retreat because Britain had bigger army- to stop they dug trenches and made huge defence lines –British couldn’t break line so they dug their own trenches.…
During WW1 “Neither side could make any headway because of the terrible sheet of fire that even a relatively thinly held infantry position was able to produce. Each side was forced to dig holes in the ground to protect themselves from the fire. ”(Ellis 19). This was the birth of trench warfare. Typically the strategy in war was to obliterate the enemy as fast as possible to avoid economic pressure.…
The First World War was a time when all types of military technology underwent significant advancements and these had a major influence on the outcomes of battles, numbers of casualties and ultimately on the victory of the Triple Entente. Though both sides waged war on air, land and sea, some of these facets of military effort held more importance in the war and its outcomes, than others. Though aerial warfare caused more civilian casualties and destruction, it was naval warfare had the most significant impact on the outcomes of the war. Naval warfare had been established long before the war and for this reason, its technology was more advanced in 1914 than that of aircraft, which were invented only eleven years prior to the outbreak of war.…
What are trenches? Trenches are a small part of the army. One of the most dangerous places in the army. Why were they there? It gives protection from powerful artillery and firearms. IT was not a new idea it had been used in the U.S civil war, Russian Japanese war, and other wars. It began around September 1914 and ended when the Allies made a attack that began in late July 1918. By November 1914 there were continuous line of trenches covering 400 miles from switzerland to the north sea they had no way to get around. The trenches ran through towns, villages, coal mines, brick yards, across railroad tracks, through farms, across rivers, canals and streams. Each place had its own set of problems/ challenges. In 1915, 1916 and 1917 many trench positions were only held for…
The Allies and the Central Powers began using trench warfare, which was a network of trenches in tunnels dug from the Swiss border to the English channel on the Western front of France. The use of trench warfare created a stalemate. Fighting on the Western front went back-and-forth for three years, only a few yards were gained. New weapons also contributed to the stalemate. Such weapons include machine guns, grenades, submarines, mustard gas and gas mask, tanks, flamethrowers, gas filled blimps, and biplanes.…
In WW1, we had 1 specific type of warfare that never failed, trench warfare. This deadly tactic caught enemies off. This tactic never failed to take over enemy lines.…
With an estimated 1547 miles of trenches dug, the conflict vastly changed every location it took place on. There had never been a war previously fought in history that had so much importance placed on defensive positions. Trench warfare combined with the machine gun led to a much longer conflict and directly lead to the largest cost of human life ever scene at this point in history. The British expeditionary force was equipped with the Vickers and Lewis light machine guns, which greatly increased their firing rate allowing fewer Soldiers to defend positions from a much larger attacking force. The Germans fielded the water cooled Maxim 1910 that cycled 550 rounds per minute.…
Wars have been fought for thousands of years with different fighting styles and varying tactics. Fighting styles have been evolving since the dawn of time, as men have been learning how to defend themselves better and how to produce superior weapons. The weapons that were used in battle have become more deadly at an increasing rate. In World War I alone, more than 16 million people died, which made it one of the highest ranking wars in death total a war ever. Trench warfare was used extensively in World War I. This war was the beginning of technologically advanced killing machines. With advancing weapons that were used in this war, there was a massive loss of life, hope and courage.…
| Western Front: Schlieffen Plan fail, Trench Warfare, Entry of USA Eastern Front: Austria & Germany V.S. Russia, Russian withdrawalWar at Sea: Allies: blockade, open trade routes, transport military, convoy systemCentral: mines, submarines (u-boat), unrestricted submarine warfarePractices:Navy, submarines, trench warfare, poison gas, tanks…