*******Weapons, Planes and Ships*******
Bayonets- a sword like stabbing blade that may be fixed to the muzzle of a rifle use in hand-to-hand fighting. Flamethrower, Grenades.
Poison gas- gas or vapor to disable an enemy in warfare. Rifles- a gun one fired from shoulder level having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and there by have greater accuracy over a long distance distance. Tanks.
Machine guns- a automatic gun that fires bullets in rapid succession for a long as the trigger is presses. pistols- a small firearm signed to be held in one had.Trench mortars- a light simple mortar designed to propel a bomb into enemy trenches.
WWI trench knife copy (knuckle duster knife) 168 pistol- a type of pistol. They used gas makes to protect themselves from dangerous gasses.
Disabling Chemicals
Tear gas. Stimulates the corneal nerves in the eyes to cause tears, pain, and even blindness but is not deadly. first introduced by the french in 1914. the Germans deployed these gases by using hand grenades. Mustard Gas. Pure surfer mustard are colorless and viscous liquids at room temps.
Chlorine gas. Phosegene gas. caused about 85percent of the 100 thousand deaths caused by chemical weapons. Lewisiste never really used in world war I.
Use of gas
introduced in April 22, 1915, company's were no be able to call it gas it was referred as an accessory.
Ships
The most famous was the hood.
Armored cruisers- made to assistant bigger battleships. Cruiser faster than battleships, two types of crusier were armored cruisers and protected cruisers. Submarines posed a very serious threat even though they were fragile and could only dive a few hours.
Aircraft carriers- designed to carry planes across the ocean for fighting.
Planes
Aircraft were very slim. types of planes 70 different ones ex. aviatik D, Junkers, Fokker E.L., Martinsyde G. 100, Curtiss.
Zeppelines used for attacking and transportation. Hindenburg is a famous one used after WWI.
********The End of World War I********
Woodrow Wilson campaigned for a peaceful way to end the war. He tried to go both sides to come up with something to end the war that they could both okay with but it didn't work.
The Armistice. one Nov. 11 the leader of both sides got together in Fedinand Fock's railway carriage headquarters at compiegne. The armistice was signed at 6 am and went into effect 5 hours later.
The border. the finale allied had began to push towards Germany border on Oct. 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 November 3rd.
November 11 This agreement was called the Treaty of Versailles. Germany had to stop all of it Military actions and pay for the wars cost.
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