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TRENCH WARFARE EXTENSIVE TUNNELS (7 FEET DEEP)THAT WERE DUG TO PROTECT SOLDIERS FROM MACHINE GUN FIRE AND ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENTS. USED EXTENSIVELY ON THE WESTERN FRONT. SOLDIERS WOULD LIVE THERE FOR WEEKS. PROBLEMS IN THE TRENCHES- 1.LICE 2.MICE 3.RATS 4.TRENCH FOOT
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TRENCH FOOT
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WESTERN FRONT
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BUILDING THE TRENCHES
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NEW WEAPONS USED IN WWI 1. TANKS - ARMOURED VEHICLE, MOUNTED WITH GUNS, THAT ENABLED TROOPS TO BREAK THROUGH ENEMY LINES. FIRST USED BY GREAT BRITAIN.
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U-BOATS 1.SUBMARINE - * UNDERWATER BOATS FIRST USED BY GERMANY. CONSIDERED TO BE A BRUTAL WEAPON. U-BOATS SANK THE LUSITANIA, SUSSEX, AND THE FALABA. LUSITANIA- KILLED 128 AMERICANS SUSSEX-KILLED 2 AMERICANS FALABA-KILLED 3 AMERICAN
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SLEEPING AREA IN A U-BOAT
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LUSITANIA
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MACHINE GUN GUN THAT COULD FIRE SEVERAL ROUNDS PER SECOND-RAPID FIRE FIRST USED BY THE GERMANS.
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HOW THE MACHINE GUN WORKED
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FLAME THROWER USED BY THE CENTRAL POWERS. USED TO INCINERATE BODIES LOCATED IN “NO MANS LAND”.
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AIRPLANES NOT VERY MANEUVERABLE OR FAST PURPOSE OF AIRPLANES 1.OBSERVING TROOP MOVEMENTS 2.DROPPING EXPLOSIVES
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AIRPLANE WHEN & WHERE WAS THE AIRPALNE INVENTED? KITTY HAWK NC & 1903 WHO INVENTED THE AIRPLANE? ORVILLE & WILBUR WRIGHT
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HAND GRENADE USED ON THE WESTERN AND EASTERN FRONT. USED TO FLUSH OUT SOLDIERS FROM THE TRENCHES
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CONVENTION AL HAND GRENADE
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BAYONET GUN & BAYONET A JAGGED KNIFE ON THE END OF A RIFFLE. PURPOSE- HAND TO HAND COMBAT. REPLACED MIDWAY THROUGH THE WAR. CONSIDERED A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH. JAGGED BAYONET
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SPADE REPLACES BAYONET SPADE REPLACED THE BAYONET DURING WWI. THE SPADE WAS A SMALL FLAT HEAD SHOVEL.
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