War weapons and trenches
Rifles and Pistols were key for threnches
Machine Guns was equal to 100 guns but needed 4-6 men to work it-it also has to be on a flat surface
Big Artillery: Big Bertha, Howitzer, Skoda 30.5, Mills Bomb
Tanks: Little Willie-1st tank-by end could carry 10 men, turning turret, and go up to 4 mph
Gas-Chorine-caused burning in throat and chest, death by suffocation
-Mustard gas-most deadly 12 hours to take effect. effects: blistering skin, vomiting, sore eyes, internal and external bleeding death=can take up to 5 weeks
Submarines-length-200ft and a little less than 1,000 tons
Aircrafts-planes delivered bombs and spied on enimeis
Zeppelin-airship used for bombing raids but were easy to shoot down
Bayonet had knife for stabbing
smokeless gunpowder
Trench Warfare
fighting lines of trenches where troop[s are immune to enemy small arms fire and some artillery
slow wearing of enimies
area between trenches "no man's land"
"Shell Shock"- mental breakdowns
Hindenburg LIne was a very long trench used in WWI
Home Front
Women basically took over jobs that men usually did-farming, working in factories
Government Propaganda-"CPI" was in charge of everything propaganda-used firlms and pamphlets to start up pro-war propaganda
had to save food-no meat mondays, no wheat tuesdays
Wilson's 14 Points
January 8, 1918
Germany, France Italy-used it
Point 1: aAn end to secret treaties
Point 2: Freedom of the seas
Point 3: Free trade for all countries
Point 4: Disarmament
Point 5: End to colonial claims
Point 6: Self-determinations for all countries-Russia
Point 7: Restoration of Belgium
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