1. Modernization of Warfare
Fighting Style and New Weapons of
War During World War I ( )

2. With Germany’s initial surge into France through Belgium, the intention was to quickly capture Paris and make the French surrender
The German military was unsuccessful in their attempt to take Paris
Military Strategy

4. With the failure to take Paris, the German army begins digging trenches to prevent an further retreat out of France
French forces counter with trenches of their own (Western Front)
Russia and German enter into TW on the Eastern Front
Trench Warfare

8. Stalemate and Slaughter
The attacks and counterattacks of trench warfare produced a stalemate
Each side now must try to break the stalemate by introducing new weaponry to give them an advantage
Stalemate and Slaughter

9. Machine Guns

10. Trench Mortars

11. Tanks

12. Poison Gas and
Gas Masks

14. Barbed Wire and
Flamethrowers