Weapons used in WWI: by Megan, Becca, Gabby, Cali, and Teresa
Weapons
Bayonets-a sword like stabbing blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle for use in hand to hand fighting
Flamethrowers-a weapon that quirts ignited fuel for several yards
Grenades-a small bomb thrown by hand or launched mechanically
Poison Gas-poisonous gas or vapor, used especially to disable an enemy in warfare
Rifles-a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance
Tanks-an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads
Machine Guns-an automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for as long as the trigger is pressed
Pistols-a small firearm designed to be held in one hand
Trench Mortars-a light simple mortar designed to propel a bomb into enemy trenches.
Others: daggers, knives-WWI trench knife (Knuckle Duster Knife), guns, missiles, gas masks used to protect from dangerous gases
Poisonous Gases
Tear Gas- causes tears, pain, and even blindness but is not deadly. First introduced by the French in 1914. Deployed by Germans through hand grenades
Mustard Gas- forms large blisters on the exposed skin and in the lungs. pure sulfur mustards are colorless and vicious liquids at room temperature
Chlorine Gas- lookes like a greenish-gray cloud of smoke, very visible to enemies. Can inflict damage to the eyes, nose, throat and if untreated could cause death
Phosgene Gas- the French retailiated against the chlorine gas with this which was much deadlier. is colorless and odorless and caused about 85% of the 100,000 deaths caused by chemical weapons
Lewisite- Was deadly like mustard gas but invisible, war ended before it was available in big enough quantities to be used
Gas was used introduced to the war on April 22, 1915 and the Special companies were not allowed to call their new weapon gas, it was referred to as an accessory.
Ships
Battlecruiser- designed to have the speed of a cruiser and the power of a battleship
The Hood- Britain's most notorious and feared battle cruiser
Cruisers were smaller and faster than battleships (armored cruisers-assisted bigger battle ships- and protected cruisers-guarded trade routes, troop-ships, and outposts)
Submarines- posed a very serious threat even though they were fragile and could only dive for a few hours
Torpedos were strategically important to ocean warfare, even a non-direct hit could prove fatal in slowing a ship down
aircraft carriers- disigned to carry planes across the ocean for fighting
Planes
Aircrafts- weren't very effective but everyone used them
Bomber planes- could hold 2 to 3 bombs and had to have a lot of them to be effective
over 70 different types: Junkers, curtiss, fokker E.L, Aviatik D, Martinsnyde G. 100
Airships
Zeppelins were used by Germany to do most of the attacking or for transportation. A famous one as the Hindenburg which exploded and crashed with few survivors, resulted in the end of these larger ships being used for airships
The End of WWI: by Ashtun, Austin C, Brad Brue, and Mumm
Woodrow Wilson- campaigned for a peaceful way to end the war. Tried to talk to both sides to come up with something to end it peacefully but it didn't work
The Armistice- On Nov. 11th the leaders of both sides got together in Ferdinand Foch's railway carriage headquarters at Compiegne. The Armistice was signed at 6am and went into effect 5 hours later. The agreement included the statement that the cessation of fighting along the whole West Front to begin at exactly 11am the morning of November 11th and after four years of it all, the war came to an end. This agreement was called the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had to stop all of its military actions and pay for the war costs.
The Border- the final Allied attack had begun to push towards Germany's border on October 17th, 1918 and then they began to collapse and so Turkey signed an Armistice at the end of October and Austria-Hungary followed shortly after on November 3rd.
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