Tuesday, January 10, 2011
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Tuesday, January 10, 2011
Goal: 10.5.2 Examine the impact of new weapons and machinery that made WWI a modern war
In-class: Weapons of WWI & Trench Warfare
Warm-up: What was trench warfare?
Homework: WWI Soldier Letter due FridayCauses of WWI Quiz tomorrow!
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Wednesday, January 11, 2011
Goal: 10.5.2 Explain in detail the events that caused the U.S. to join WWI
In-class: Causes of WWI Quiz, 13.3 Notes
Warm-up: Why were the Balkans referred to as the “powder keg” of Europe?
Homework: WWI Soldier Letter due Friday
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A NEW KIND OF WAR
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GUNS• rapid-fire machine guns were used
early machine guns: • were big & heavy• needed a crew of four to six people to operate• lacked cooling
mechanisms• shot 400-600 small
caliber rounds perminute
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GUNS
• later machine guns were lighter & more portable• lighter weight, but still too heavy
• 1918 guns for infantrymen now existed– lighter weight– lacked enough ammunition
• by end of war, guns had been added to tanks, warships, & aircraft
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TANKS
• aka: landships• armored vehicles• could cross rough battlefield terrain– such as no man’s land
• first tank, “Little Willie”– 14 tons (weight) with 12-foot long track frames– space for three men (cramped)– maximum speed of 2 mph (on rough terrain)
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TANKS• first developed in Great Britain– France & the US soon became interested
• not very reliable or useful at first• used later in the war– November 1917,
Battle of Cambrai
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• mortar– could be fired from inside a trench
Other Weapons
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German soldier showing off their captured British tank
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AIRCRAFT
Uses of aircraft:• observe enemy positions• armed with machine guns & bombs• attacked battlefields & cities• attacked enemy planes
(“dogfights”)• useful from beginning of war
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AIRCRAFT
• most countries had few planes at start of war
• production of planes increased rapidly
• planes had to be easy to fly– first, designed for stability– later, designed for maneuverability
• generals began including planes in planning
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Ricthofen (Red Baron)
• German fighter pilot in the Imperial German Army Air Service
• Considered the aces of aces
• Was a national hero in Germany in 1918
• shot down and killed on April 21, 1918
• Probably the most famous fighter pilots of all time
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SUBMARINES
• U-boat: submarines used by Germans in WWI and WWII– developed by Germans
• unrestricted submarine warfare– any ship traveling in water around Great Britain
was subject to attack
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SUBMARINES• easy to attack without being seen• attack merchant ships– cut off (British) supply lines
• Great Britain developed convoys– helped against threat of attack
• United States entered war on Allied side– Americans had been killed because of
unrestricted submarine warfare
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MISCELLANEOUS WEAPONS• flamethrower– different sizes for different circumstances
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• grenade– detonate two different ways: impact or timed-
fuse
Other Weapons
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• bayonet– had more of a psychological use
Other Weapons