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1 TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTIONS IN WARFARE: WWI James Gaddy

2 TRENCH WARFARE  -Stretched for miles across Europe  -Often flooded, trench foot  -Going “over the top”  -Stalemate

3 THE MACHINE GUN - Became easier to move around battle field. - Belt fed ammunition - Used in trenches and defensive positions

4 POISON GAS & CHEMICAL WARFARE -French 1 st to use gas -First use of lethal gas was by Germans, chlorine gas -Gas masks developed at same pace as gasses -Mustard Gas

5 TANKS -Developed to end stalemate of the trenches -Early models prone to mechanical failure -Improvements made throughout war -Helped turn the tide at the end of the war

6 AIR COMBAT -Recon -Guns added to biplanes -Dogfights -Bombers

7 REVIEW -What was “going over the top”? -What was life in the trenches like? -What made the machine gun so important? -How was the machine gun improved throughout the war?

8 REVIEW -Who first used lethal gas? What gas was it? -Why was gas death toll so low? -Why were tanks invented? -What were some early limitations to aircraft in WWI?

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