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Trench Warfare
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Overhead View of Trenches
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Air Attack
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Machine gun production 1914-1918 1914207 19156102 191633,507 191779,746 1918120,846 1914-1918240,506
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Shell Production 1914-1917 Autumn 19143000 Spring 1915400,000 Winter 19161,000,000 Winter 19178,000,000
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Poisonous Gas Poisonous Gas Germany introduced the use of poison gas and Britain soon followed. There were 2 main types of gas: Germany introduced the use of poison gas and Britain soon followed. There were 2 main types of gas:
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Chlorine gas: this was brought to the front in cylinders and released when the wind was in the right direction. When it was breathed in it dissolved in the fluid of the lungs and formed concentrated hydrochloric acid, which burns the lungs. Chlorine gas: this was brought to the front in cylinders and released when the wind was in the right direction. When it was breathed in it dissolved in the fluid of the lungs and formed concentrated hydrochloric acid, which burns the lungs.
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Mustard gas: this looked like sherry but smelled like onions. It reacted vigorously with all body fluids and could either burn the lungs if inhaled or cause horrific burns and blisters on sweaty skin. It also caused blindness
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War of Attrition - A tactic of wearing down the enemy over time at great loss of life and resources. The allies won the war because they outlasted the Central Powers. War of Attrition - A tactic of wearing down the enemy over time at great loss of life and resources. The allies won the war because they outlasted the Central Powers.
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DateNumber of soldiers on the Western Front Autumn 1914164,000 Spring 1915600,000 Winter 19161,500,000 Winter 19172,000,000
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LICE!
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RATS!
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Shell Shock Shell Shock Psychological Symptoms Stuttering Twitching Temors Confusion Uncontrollable Fear Loss of senses Inability to walk Loss of rational thought These are the men who’s minds the dead have ravished. Memory fingers in the hair of murders. Multitudinous murders, they once witnessed.
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Christmas Truce Christmas Truce
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