and it had the firepower of 100 guns. But the war had more than just guns. Along the trenches were barbed wires to protect the soldiers. But sometimes the soldiers would get tangled up in them and bleed to death. The same happened to the enemies. Trench warfare led to the development of the concrete pillbox‚ a hardened blockhouse that could be used to deliver machine gun fire. They could be placed across a battlefield with interlocking fields of fire. The German army was the first to use chlorine
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Contents 1. Equipment and kit 2. Food 3. Daily routine in the trenches 4. Dirt and disease and dangers 5. Fighting and combat 6. Keeping in touch 7. Important events in ww1 8. Bibliography Equipment and kit Gasmask-these were used to protect soldiers form gas attacks Bayonet- a long blade that fits onto the end of a rifle Haversack- a type of backpack used to carry essential Helmet- a hat to protect the soldiers
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Romar M. Cabinta EXERCISES 15 WORK‚ ENERGY‚ AND POWER A. CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS 1. Is work done when you move a book from the top of the desk to the floor? Why? Yes. It is because the displacement of the book from the top of the desk to the floor and the force that is applied to the book is parallel with one another. 2. State the law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy in two ways? The law of conservation of energy states that energy may neither be created nor destroyed.
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Mirand Tafarshiku Anglo-American Civilization 20 April 16‚ 2013 Territory of the United States of America1 The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district situated in the North America. The USA has also several territories‚ islands mainly situated in the Pacific Ocean‚ which have differing degrees of autonomy.2 Incorporated unorganized territories Palmyra Atoll is administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is an archipelago
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would be fought from then on. Along with these new technologies came new strategies like armored warfare‚ the use of aviation‚ and the use of artillery drastically changed the scope of land warfare. The First World War would also be known for use of trench warfare and attrition warfare which would characterize and give the face of the dark dismal scenes of war we all remember to this day. Although many people think of the long lines of trenches that stretched from Switzerland to the North Sea‚ World
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Germany would fight their last major battle against the Allied Forces in the summer of 1918 in the Second Battle of the Marne. This was the last major offensive that Germany would fight in World War I. This battle was supposed to be the battle that turned the tide for Germany but‚ it ultimately led to their downfall. It began on the Month of July 15 and lasted until the 5th of August 1918 and it brought a comeback plan devised by Erich Lundendorff the Chief of Staff for Germany. The plan called
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what they were to accomplish that day. The crew consisted of the foreman‚ a machine operator and a laborer on his second day of work with the company. They were going to dig a four-foot trench around the front of a home in a residential neighbor hood. The trench would be four to five feet deep and inside the trench they would put drainage tile to try to stop the flood of water in the homes basement. The contractor was new to the area and was not aware of the soil consistency in the area‚ which was
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She apparently suffers no qualms‚ however‚ in asking Mariana to share Angelo’s bed. She could therefore be perceived as self-righteous and hypocritical‚ for example‚ her seeming lack of sympathy for Claudio when he pleads with her to save him by giving in to Angelo’s desire. She turns upon him violently‚ revolted
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How Artillery Affected World War 1 Artillery was one of the most important weapons in the First World War. The first modern state of the art artillery was invented in 1897 by a French team lead by General Deloye. The gun was called the gun of 75mm or French 75mm. This had some major improvements then older guns and became state of the art for many years. All of the artillery pieces of World War 1 were adopted from the French 75mm even improving on the ideas. The first major improvement
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Lindsey Stegemoller April 23‚ 2012 Greene ENG102 The Great War The time was 1914. Europe was a thermometer with skyrocketing temperatures of tension. As countries began declaring war on each other in Europe‚ troops began to mobilize for what they thought would be a traditionally fought war: the British cavalry leading the Entente to a decisive victory. How were the European powers to know that this massive war would be fought entirely in the ground with surprise attacks and innovative technology
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