White Tanks In World War One
Andy Chen
January 29,2014
2º/History
White
Tanks in World War One
During World War One, millions and millions of people died just because of two countries pointing fingers at each other for something that the world doesn’t even care about.
Since then, a huge war has wreaked havoc against the world mainly with major stalemates that costed lives in trench warfares. However, there were new inventions of weaponry that had attempted to break the stalemate and win the war and one of these new inventions was the tank.
The tank was built to mainly help the soldiers charge into the enemy trenches without being killed and the tanks were heavy armoured beasts that can counter many things such as bullets and especially the machine guns. The tanks also had various jobs that helped turn the tide of war. The …show more content…
tanks were a great invention in WWI and it had a huge impact in WWI. The three most important major impacts that I think the tanks had made during WWI was that it had helped act as a shield for soldiers so that they can 't be easily killed, it was like a mobilized turret, and it also helped transport supplies. The first major impact that the tanks had made during WWI was that they acted as an enormous shield impenetrable by bullets and because of that, the soldiers advancing through No
Man’s Land were harder to kill. A quote from “The Battle of Cambrai” by Arthur Conan Doyle states,”Every company of the advancing units had been instructed to fall in behind its own marked tank”. This quote states that soldiers often use the tanks as covers as they advance towards the enemy line making them harder to kill. The invention of the tanks basically acted as mobilized shields for the soldiers to advance towards their objectives. The tanks were very efficient due to them acting as a shield and soon, multiple modifications will be added to them making the tanks a beast. The second major impact that the tanks had made during WWI was that now tanks have mounted guns on them so that they acted as both a shield impenetrable by bullets and a mobilized manned turret. The tanks which can now kill enemies while protecting comrades was a huge step towards breaking off the stalemate of trench warfare. History Learning Site, a website created by Chris Trueman who graduated with a BA in history posted,”Little Willie developed into Big Willie which was rhomboid shaped and had guns mounted in blisters in the side of the hull”. The post states that “Little Willie”, a tank that acted as a shield before has been modified into “Big Willie”, a tank that now has guns mounted onto them. Due to the fact that now tanks have mounted guns, they can tear up anything that stands in their way.
Basically, the tanks has been taking damage from machine gunners and artillery fire, but now they can return
fire back to the enemy lines. This modification that has turned the tank into a monstrous beast has made a huge impact in not only WWI, but also in the future.
The last major impact in my opinion that tanks have made in WWI is that the tanks helped transport supplies to their side and since tanks were helping with the supplies, the supplies were harder to destroy like how the soldiers were harder to kill when using the tank as cover. This led to the the supplies being intact when delivered instead of being raided by the opposing side and taken for their use or being destroyed. George Noble Irwin, a WWI veteran wrote in his diary, “It also was thought that it could carry 24 troops, but later it was discovered that due to the poisonous air inside the tank, the troops were in no condition to fight when they arrived at the front, so it carried supplies, if anything, after that”. This passage of his diary states that even though the tanks could not carry 24 troops due to some inconvenience, it helped …show more content…
carry the supplies so that it would not get easily raided.
Since the passage says it could carry 24 troops, but instead it carried the supplies, that means the tank could carry a ton of supplies not just a couple of ammo crates and thats it. The large amount of supplies it can carry under its armor is a huge impact mainly because of enemies troops having a hard time to raid those supplies, but it also delivers a lot at once to the soldiers. The various jobs that the tanks do in WWI has made a huge impact in WWI. Although there were many other major impacts that the tanks have made in WWI, I personally think that the three most important impacts that the tanks has made were they acted as a shield for soldiers so they can’t be easily killed, they had guns mounted onto them so they were like a mobilized turret, and they helped protect and deliver the supplies to the front line. These three important impacts that tanks had made in WWI had changed war itself. This new weapon designed in WWI solely for the purpose to break the stalemate has done much more than that. As listed above, those were the three most important major impacts in my opinion that the tanks has made during
WWI. Andy, there is a lot of good work here. Your structure is very good and the editing and revising is sufficient (although it is still an awkward read at times). Your use of evidence is excellent, except you failed to include parenthetical quotations in the body of your essay. Also, you evidence for body #3 is a little weak, since it seems to imply that tanks were in a failure in ways you don’t emphasize (card stacking?). Overall, a good job.
95 A
Bibliography:
1. Irwin, George Noble. "Tank Warfare;George Noble Irwin, Company C, 301st Battery, Heavy Tank Corps, Decatur County Indiana." WorldWar1Vets.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://www.wwvets.com/Tanks.html>. 2. "Primary Documents The Battle of Cambrai by Arthur Conan Doyle, 19 November 1917." FirstWorldWar. Michael Duffy, 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cambrai_conandoyle.htm>. 3. Trueman, Chris. "Tanks In World War One." History Learning Site. HistoryLearningSite.co.uk, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tanks_and_world_war_one.htm>.
January 29,2014
2º/History
White
Tanks in World War One
During World War One, millions and millions of people died just because of two countries pointing fingers at each other for something that the world doesn’t even care about.
Since then, a huge war has wreaked havoc against the world mainly with major stalemates that costed lives in trench warfares. However, there were new inventions of weaponry that had attempted to break the stalemate and win the war and one of these new inventions was the tank.
The tank was built to mainly help the soldiers charge into the enemy trenches without being killed and the tanks were heavy armoured beasts that can counter many things such as bullets and especially the machine guns. The tanks also had various jobs that helped turn the tide of war. The …show more content…
tanks were a great invention in WWI and it had a huge impact in WWI. The three most important major impacts that I think the tanks had made during WWI was that it had helped act as a shield for soldiers so that they can 't be easily killed, it was like a mobilized turret, and it also helped transport supplies. The first major impact that the tanks had made during WWI was that they acted as an enormous shield impenetrable by bullets and because of that, the soldiers advancing through No
Man’s Land were harder to kill. A quote from “The Battle of Cambrai” by Arthur Conan Doyle states,”Every company of the advancing units had been instructed to fall in behind its own marked tank”. This quote states that soldiers often use the tanks as covers as they advance towards the enemy line making them harder to kill. The invention of the tanks basically acted as mobilized shields for the soldiers to advance towards their objectives. The tanks were very efficient due to them acting as a shield and soon, multiple modifications will be added to them making the tanks a beast. The second major impact that the tanks had made during WWI was that now tanks have mounted guns on them so that they acted as both a shield impenetrable by bullets and a mobilized manned turret. The tanks which can now kill enemies while protecting comrades was a huge step towards breaking off the stalemate of trench warfare. History Learning Site, a website created by Chris Trueman who graduated with a BA in history posted,”Little Willie developed into Big Willie which was rhomboid shaped and had guns mounted in blisters in the side of the hull”. The post states that “Little Willie”, a tank that acted as a shield before has been modified into “Big Willie”, a tank that now has guns mounted onto them. Due to the fact that now tanks have mounted guns, they can tear up anything that stands in their way.
Basically, the tanks has been taking damage from machine gunners and artillery fire, but now they can return
fire back to the enemy lines. This modification that has turned the tank into a monstrous beast has made a huge impact in not only WWI, but also in the future.
The last major impact in my opinion that tanks have made in WWI is that the tanks helped transport supplies to their side and since tanks were helping with the supplies, the supplies were harder to destroy like how the soldiers were harder to kill when using the tank as cover. This led to the the supplies being intact when delivered instead of being raided by the opposing side and taken for their use or being destroyed. George Noble Irwin, a WWI veteran wrote in his diary, “It also was thought that it could carry 24 troops, but later it was discovered that due to the poisonous air inside the tank, the troops were in no condition to fight when they arrived at the front, so it carried supplies, if anything, after that”. This passage of his diary states that even though the tanks could not carry 24 troops due to some inconvenience, it helped …show more content…
carry the supplies so that it would not get easily raided.
Since the passage says it could carry 24 troops, but instead it carried the supplies, that means the tank could carry a ton of supplies not just a couple of ammo crates and thats it. The large amount of supplies it can carry under its armor is a huge impact mainly because of enemies troops having a hard time to raid those supplies, but it also delivers a lot at once to the soldiers. The various jobs that the tanks do in WWI has made a huge impact in WWI. Although there were many other major impacts that the tanks have made in WWI, I personally think that the three most important impacts that the tanks has made were they acted as a shield for soldiers so they can’t be easily killed, they had guns mounted onto them so they were like a mobilized turret, and they helped protect and deliver the supplies to the front line. These three important impacts that tanks had made in WWI had changed war itself. This new weapon designed in WWI solely for the purpose to break the stalemate has done much more than that. As listed above, those were the three most important major impacts in my opinion that the tanks has made during
WWI. Andy, there is a lot of good work here. Your structure is very good and the editing and revising is sufficient (although it is still an awkward read at times). Your use of evidence is excellent, except you failed to include parenthetical quotations in the body of your essay. Also, you evidence for body #3 is a little weak, since it seems to imply that tanks were in a failure in ways you don’t emphasize (card stacking?). Overall, a good job.
95 A
Bibliography:
1. Irwin, George Noble. "Tank Warfare;George Noble Irwin, Company C, 301st Battery, Heavy Tank Corps, Decatur County Indiana." WorldWar1Vets.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://www.wwvets.com/Tanks.html>. 2. "Primary Documents The Battle of Cambrai by Arthur Conan Doyle, 19 November 1917." FirstWorldWar. Michael Duffy, 22 Aug. 2009. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/cambrai_conandoyle.htm>. 3. Trueman, Chris. "Tanks In World War One." History Learning Site. HistoryLearningSite.co.uk, n.d. Web. 29 Jan. 2014. <http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/tanks_and_world_war_one.htm>.