Download New Weapons of WWI

Modern Warfare:
The New Style of War
Mr. Meester
World History
10-2
Vocabulary
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Central Powers
Allied Powers
Battlefronts
Trench Warfare
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Mustard Gas
Machine Guns
War of Attrition
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T. E. Lawrence
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The Battlefronts & Alliances
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During World War I there was an
Eastern Front & a Western Front
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The line where 2 armies meet is called a
Battlefront.
One army was the Allied Powers
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England, France, Russia, & Italy
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Italy had switched sides (didn’t like Austria)
The other army was the Central Powers
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Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, & the
Ottoman Empire
Trench Warfare
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On the Western Front, both sides used
extensive systems of trenches to
protect themselves from their enemies
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A “No man’s land” separated the trenches
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Offensives involved charging across & attacking
the enemy’s trenches
With new technology the body count was
extremely high
Life in the Trenches
No Man’s Land
New Weapons of WWI
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Machine Gun
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Artillery
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Large cannon that could fire shells great
distances up to 10 miles.
Poison (Mustard) Gas
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used in trenches and mounted on airplanes &
tanks
Gas artillery shells were fired at the trenches.
Dangerous to both sides.
Tanks
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used to break through the trench systems and
“no man’s land”.
More Weapons
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Airplane
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Submarine (U-Boat)
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Used to spot enemy positions and bomb
ground targets
Used by Germany to blockade ports and
sink supply ships
Zeppelin (Blimp)
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Used by Germany to bomb England
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Ineffective because it could easily be set on
fire by gunfire
New Weapons
The War of Attrition
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Trench Warfare caused the war to
become a stalemate
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Neither side could gain an advantage
WWI became a war of attrition
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Each side tried to outlast the other side
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The Army that ran out of men, weapons, or
supplies first lost.
This caused battles to be very long and
costly.
The War of Attrition
The “World” War
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British Col. T. E. Lawrence
went to the Middle East
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Trained and helped the Arabs
revolt against the Ottomans
Colonies around the world
were drawn into the fight
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Troops from New Zealand &
Australia fought in the war
Other colonies sent needed
raw materials & supplies
Recap
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Central Powers vs. Allied Powers
The Battlefronts
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Modern Weapons & Trench Warfare
War of Attrition leads to a stalemate
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Western Front & Eastern Front
Long Battle high body count
T.E. Lawrence & the role of the
Colonies