Friday, December 2nd

[3Marielle]

More WWI presentations:4. What were some of the major land battles prior to US involvement-1914-March, 1917?-Mine :)P-Brittany's was also about major land battles-Michel-Joseph Maunoury was recalled from retirement at 67 to lead the Army of Lorriane-He was shot through the eye on March 11th and was partially blind after that-Battle of Albert: September 25-29 of 1914-Part of the Race to the Sea-Followed the 1st battle of the Marne and Aisne-Neither side was able to make decisive ground-French 10th Army assembled at Amiens and on Sept. 25 pushed eastwards-Tara continued with the Battles of Verdun, Somme, and Ypres-the battle of Verdun started on Feb. 21st of 1916 an d Ended Dec. 18 1916-took place in the northern part of France-trench warfare was needed more in WWI than in WWII because airplanes were better and were able to be used more for WWII-Battle of Ypres: started October 19th, of 1914 and ended November 22nd of 1914-German Casualties were 130,000--French casualties were 50,000--British casualties were 58,1555. What were some of the major naval battles of WWI?-Hannah had a creative idea for her presentation...she used a battleship game...it was cool :)-Battle of Heligoland Bight: between Garmany and Britain, 1,200 fatalities for the Germans and 35 for the British, and the objective was to get the North Sea--------will continue on Monday--------------6. What were the US reactions to WWI starting in 1914?7. What were the causes for US involvement in WWI?8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI?9. What were the major military strategies for winning the war for both Allied and Central Powers?10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?