Friday, December 9th

[3Marielle]

Continued witht the presentations today:8. What were the major land battles for the US in WWI?-Battle of Cantigny: May 28th of 1918, village in Germany, United States and France vs. Germany, commanded by Rober Lee Bullard. Allied forces-4,000 soldiers and the German forces were unknown-Allied victory-Battle of the Piave River: June 15-23 1918, Piave River in Italy, Italy, Britain, France, and US vs. Austria-Hungary, 70 divisions from allied forces and 57 divisions from Austria-Hungary, Allied casualties-80 some thousand and enemy casualties were 102,000-Austrians planned the attack as an all-out frontal attack-Commander Diaz learned of attack and the exact time they were to atack-Ended with an Italian victory10. What were some of the weapons of WWI?-Martin MB-1 known as the Glenn Martin Bomber-Rockets: The most common was 2.75 feet long, 38.2 pounds, and 4.5 feet in diameter-Grenades: Dynamite, Jam Tin, Rifle Grenade, and Mk111. Describe trench warfare.-Form a fighting line-Trenches are dug out-typically 12 feet deep-zigzagging-around western Europe-miles and miles of them...that was the form of fighting in WWI-Disadvantages: insects, rodents, flooding, trench foot (too much moisture all the time), and trapped gas-Advantages: easy to defend, no man's land, protection from grenades-No Man's Land: a barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell crates and filled with barb wire-Trench weapons: machine guns, gas, trench knife-Trench men wore helmets, gas masks, and carried machine guns-Tanks had a top speed of 4 miles per hour-WWI was the last war that had trench warfare-Airplane roles: first war with airplanes deployed in a large scale, bombed with airplanes, and machine guns in airplanes-We lost the game that we played, but only by one point :)P------James went first with trench warfare, so we didn't get all the way through with Teresa's presentation------------------------------------------------------------------------------------