Heavy artillery was introduced in World War 1 to combat trench warfare. It was a new a new type of weaponry which would have a major impact on the outcome of the war. It was used in most of the major battles with varying success. What actually is heavy artillery? Heavy artillery were massive guns‚ which could shoot 900kg shells over 18km. In the First World War artillery was divided into light and heavy‚ depending on the weight of the shot fired. Heavy artillery could also be used to deploy chemical
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Spanish. Aztec weapons were improved with much stronger ones from the Spanish. There are a few long and short term effects between both of the nations. This essay will explain the short and long term effects of the arrival of the Spanish on Aztec warfare. The Aztecs believed in many gods. Quetzacotl was one of the gods‚ and they believed that on Quetzacotl’s birthday‚ he would appear to Mesoamerica in the flesh. On Quetzacotl’s birthday‚ big boats (ships) arrived on shore. And out came “Quetzacotl”
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Unrestricted submarine warfare happens when merchant ships are attack by submarines without warning (Hickman‚ 2015). In February 1915‚ the German government announced its use of unrestricted submarine warfare (“U-Boat attack 1916‚” n.d). The Germans wanted to weaken Great Britain and used unrestricted submarine warfare in an attempt to accomplish their goal. They declared a warzone around the British Isles in which they
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in Pearl Harbor is nearly impossible. How did the American Pacific Fleet survive under such terrifying strike and defeated the Empire of Japan？What are the leading factors that enabled America to completely defeat the Japanese Navy on the Pacific warfare? In my opinion‚ there are several reasons why America could win the World War
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The Blitzkrieg warfare that Nazi Germany used not only linked the ground troops together but it also allowed more than one branch of the army to fight together in unison. The army joined forces with the air force in perfect unison to utilize both branches’ full potential
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to proceed slowly with our trenches” (Peter Stuyvesant). Trench warfare was a tactic that got nowhere while fighting. Then they started using nuclear gases that killed a lot of people. Trench warfare was an interesting thing‚ he technology changed how well it worked‚ and he attitude of leaders changed trench warfare as well. Trench warfare made the war one of the slowest in history. People got almost nowhere from it. Trench warfare is the idea where you dig a trench and many people go in them. Then
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The machine gun‚ the tank‚ and the airplane ruled the battlefields of France and Germany. These new inventions changed the face of warfare forever. As equal‚ the German submarine changed naval warfare. As the First World War erupted‚ Germany needed to cut the Allied supply of resources to wear down the soldiers fighting in trenches‚ resulting in Restricted U-Boat Warfare. The U-Boats brought new and advanced technology to the war at sea. The U-Boat could attack enemy ships without being detected giving
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Alaja Frahm Eng 1A Mr. Carlander 12 May 2013 How Giant Ants Taught Me About Nuclear Warfare As a kid‚ sitting on the couch with my dad watching cheesy 1950s Sci-fi horror flicks‚ it never occurred to me that these movies could actually hold importance beyond their entertainment value. At a glance‚ it’s all just a bunch of bad acting and cheap tricks (compared to todays standards); however‚ behind all the stage make-up and “spooky” fiction creatures there is often an important message‚ i.e
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conscripted replacements. What began as a rapid war of movement soon settled down to static trench warfare and became a brutal war of attrition. Both the Germans and the French and British began digging trenches to stay alive. Eventually parallel trench systems stretched from the Swiss border to the English Channel. There were about 40‚000 kilometers of trenches on the Western Front alone. And so Trench warfare became the biggest part of World War 1... Conditions in the Trenches The condition of the Trenches
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Analyze the effect chemical warfare in WW1 had on the soldier. In World War 1‚ the development and use of poison gases were created mainly to end the stalemate risen by the unexpected trench warfare . These poisonous gases‚ such as mustard gas‚ were close to impossible to avoid in or out of a trench because they were denser near the ground when released‚ causing greater suffering to those ducking for cover. It wasn’t until World War 1 that chemical warfare was given a definition‚ the use of
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