The Major land battles of the US?Battle of Cantigny- US and France against Germany, Americans were building trenches when they were fired at by gas shellsBattle of Piave River- in Italy. Italy Britain France and US against Austria Hungary. Italian Artillery opened fire all along tier front on the crowed enemy trenches. Ended with Italian victoryBattle of Ambos Nogales- only battle that was on US soil during WW1. US against Mexico. US 800 soldiers, Mexico and Germany- 600. US had declared war on Germany before this battle. Started with citizens smuggling in guns across the border to Mexico.Trench Warfare- Form of fighting in lines, trenches were dug out in zigzag patterns, used machine guns, sandbags were used. 12 feet deep, around western Europe, miles of them. Disadvantages- insects and rodents, flooding which might lead to trench foot (standing in water all day), Advantages- easy to defend, no man’s land- a barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell crates and filled with barb wire, protection from grenades. Deeper trenches are better. Trench weapons- machine guns, gases, tanks, trench knife, grenades. Trench men wore helmets, gas masks, carried machine guns. Airplanes- deployed in a large scale, planes bombed things below, machine guns in airplanes. Pretty safe in planes.Weapons- Aircraft Martin MB-1 known as the Glen Martin Bomber. Rockets- used small rockets that went really fast. Grenades- dynamite, jam tin, rifle grenade, MK1
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