A NEW KIND OF WAR PART 2

THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN THE GERMANS WANTED TO AVOID A TWO FRONT WAR GENERAL ALFRED VON SCHLIEFFEN CAME UP WITH A PLAN FOR THIS CHALLENGE

THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN THE PLAN REQUIRED TO DEFEAT FRANCE BEFORE RUSSIA COULD MOBILIZE. THIS REQUIRED THAT THEY GO THROUGH NEUTRAL BELGIUM

THE SCHLIEFFEN PLAN OUTRAGED BY THIS, BRITAIN DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY THE PLAN FAILS AND LEADS TO THE BATTLE OF MARNE

TECHNOLOGY OF MODERN WARFARE TRENCH WARFARE BOTH SIDES DUG NETWORKS OF TRENCHES TO ALLOW FOR COVER, COMMUNICATION, AND TRANSPORT SPACE IN BETWEEN BOTH ARMIES WAS CALLED “NO MAN’S LAND”

STALEMATE ON THE WESTERN FRONT THE BATTLE OF MARNE BROUGHT WITH IS A NEW STYLE OF WAR, TRENCH WARFARE STALEMATES THIS LED TO STALEMATES A DEADLOCK WHERE NEITHER SIDE IS ABLE TO DEFEAT THE OTHER

TECHNOLOGY OF MODERN WARFARE POISON GAS GAS WAS USED AS A WEAPON DURING THIS PERIOD. THE GAS WOULD POISON, BLIND, CHOKE, AND BURN VICTIMS

TECHNOLOGY OF MODERN WARFARE GAS MASK THE GAS WAS HEAVIER THAN THE AIR SO IT WOULD FALL INTO THE TRENCHES GAS MASKS COMBATED THE GAS

WEAPONS IN THE TRENCHES MACHINE GUNS MACHINES ALLOWED SOLDIERS TO SHOOT CONTINUOUSLY COULD COMBAT WAVES OF SOLDIERS WHO WENT “OVER THE TOP”

WEAPONS IN THE TRENCHES LONG RANGE ARTILLERY DIRECT HITS OR SHRAPNEL KILLED AND WOUNDED SOLDIERS SOME GUNS HAD AN ATTACK RANGE UP TO 10 MILES

NEW VEHICLES IN THE TRENCHES AIRPLANES FIRST USED FOR OBSERVATION LATER EQUIPPED WITH MACHINE GUNS FOR COMBAT

NEW VEHICLES IN THE TRENCHES TANKS COULD NAVIGATE THROUGH “NO MAN’S LAND” MOUNTED WITH MACHINE GUNS MOVED SLOWLY AND BROKE DOWN

NEW VEHICLES IN THE TRENCHES ZEPPELINS GAS-FILLED BALLOONS USED TO SCOUT USED FOR DROPPING BOMBS

THE WAR AT SEA SUBMARINES U-BOAT GERMANS INTRODUCED THE U-BOAT UNTERSEEBOOT THAT ATTACKED ALLIED SHIPS CONVOYS ALLIES ORGANIZED CONVOYS MERCHANT SHIPS PROTECTED BY WARSHIPS

WHAT EFFECT DID TECHNOLOGY HAVE ON HOW WAR WAS FOUGHT? TRENCH WARFARE EXTENDED THE DURATION OF WARS WEAPONS LIKE TANKS AND ARTILLERY REQUIRED SOLDIERS TO HIDE POISON GAS CREATED MODERN CHEMICAL WARFARE TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION IMPROVED WAR WAS FOUGHT ON LAND, SEA, AND AIR