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Trench WarfareTrench Warfare
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Overhead View of Trenches
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Air Attack
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Machine gun production 1914-1918
1914 207
1915 6102
1916 33,507
1917 79,746
1918 120,846
1914-1918 240,506
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Shell Production 1914-1917
Autumn 1914 3000
Spring 1915 400,000
Winter 1916 1,000,000
Winter 1917 8,000,000
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Poisonous GasPoisonous Gas
Germany introduced the use of Germany introduced the use of poison gas and Britain soon poison gas and Britain soon followed. There were 2 main types of followed. There were 2 main types of gas: gas:
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Chlorine gas: this was brought to the Chlorine gas: this was brought to the front in cylinders and released when front in cylinders and released when the wind was in the right direction. the wind was in the right direction. When it was breathed in it dissolved When it was breathed in it dissolved in the fluid of the lungs and formed in the fluid of the lungs and formed concentrated hydrochloric acid, concentrated hydrochloric acid, which burns the lungs.which burns the lungs.
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Mustard gas: this looked like sherry Mustard gas: this looked like sherry but smelled like onions. It reacted but smelled like onions. It reacted vigorously with all body fluids and vigorously with all body fluids and could either burn the lungs if could either burn the lungs if inhaled or cause horrific burns and inhaled or cause horrific burns and blisters on sweaty skin. It also blisters on sweaty skin. It also caused blindness caused blindness
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War of AttritionWar of Attrition - A tactic of wearing - A tactic of wearing down the enemy over time at great down the enemy over time at great loss of life and resources. The allies loss of life and resources. The allies won the war because they outlasted won the war because they outlasted the Central Powers.the Central Powers.
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Date Number of soldiers on the Western Front
Autumn 1914 164,000
Spring 1915 600,000
Winter 1916 1,500,000
Winter 1917 2,000,000
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LICE!LICE!
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RATS!RATS!
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Shell ShockShell Shock
Psychological Symptoms•Stuttering•Twitching•Temors•Confusion•Uncontrollable Fear•Loss of senses•Inability to walk•Loss of rational thought
These are the men who’sminds the dead have ravished.Memory fingers in the hair of murders. Multitudinous murders, they once witnessed.
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Christmas TruceChristmas Truce
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