On this day we continued on our presentations over WWI. Here are the notes I took over the presentations today:8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI?Battle of Cantigny: May 1918. In Germany. US. and France vs. Germany. Leaders: US: Robert Lee Bullard. Germany: Oskar von Hutier. 250 captured Germans, 1603 casualties for the Allies. Took 45 minutes with the help of the French guns. It was an Allied Forces victory.Battle of Piave River: June 1918. In Italy. Italy, Britain, France and US vs. Austria-Hungary. Leaders: Italy Armandio Diaz. Austria-Hungary: Arthur Arz von Straussenberg. Casualties for Allied forces: 80,000 and Austria-Hungary was more than 125,000. Austria wanted to attack from the front. Italy opened fire on trenches. Austrians started to retreat. Some were able to cross bridges, but the bridges were destroyed. 20,000 soldiers drowned. Italian victory.Battle of Ambos Nogales: Mexican Revolution/Border Wars. August 1918. Fought in the U.S, the only one. US vs. Mexico and Germany. US had 35 casulaties. Mexico 400 casulaties. 2 Germans killed. US had declared war on Germany. US were warned of the raid. Mexican citizens were smuggling guns across the border. Mexico surrendered. U.S. victory.10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?Vehicles: Tanks, airplanes, battleships. Airplanes fired off rockets, could launch 300 in a minute.Airplane roles: First war with them. Had bombs and machine guns aboard.Land forces: Grenades.11. Describe trench warfare. Fighting in lines. Dug out, machine guns were the weapon of choice. Sandbags were used. 12 feet deep. Zigzag. In western Europe. Go on for miles. Advantages and disadvantages. Disadvantages: Insects, rodents, flooding, trench foot, gas.Advantages: Easy to defend, no man's land in the middle, protection from grenades.Defense: Used sandbags, barbed wire, dirt as a barrier, and the deeper the trench, the better.Weapons: Machine guns, tanks, gas, knifes, grenades.Men in the trench: Wore helmets, gas masks, and carried machine guns.
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