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U-Boats

The word U-boat is the German version of the
word U-boot which is a shortened version of
Unterseeboot which translate to undersea boat.
In German, this refers to any submarine but the
English version refers to the military submarine
operated and made by Germany in war. This
revolutionized war because of how elusive and
destructive this brand new machine was.
World War I
Commonly assumed that gas was first used by
Germany, the first recorded gas attack was by the Marlea Pavlick
French. It was a tear gas grenade that was first used
which contained xylyl bromide as an irritant in August
of 1914. Later on, mustard gas was introduced in the
Second Battle of Ypres in April of 1915, less than a year
later. This revolutionized warfare because it became the
most feared weapon of WWI because of how easily one
could be aected once the gas is released.

Convoys

Made to counteract the damage of the German U-

boats, the Allies created convoys or the convoy
system. To describe a convoy, it is a group of ships
sailing together for protection against U-boats.
These boats protected vital cargo in passenger
ships. The British were the ones who introduced
this system as one could have guessed with its
large naval impact from U-boats. This
revolutionized warfare because of how the Allies
responded to Germanys naval threat to a large
part of Britains defense and offense. Zeppelins
A Zeppelin is very simply a metal lighter-than-air,
hydrogen balloon. When the war started, Germany
already had several Zeppelins and they travelled 85
mph and could carry about two tons of bombs. It was
created and first used in Germany by a retired German
ocer named Count von Zeppelin. This revolutionized
war because it was not a weapon made to kill, it was
made to instill fear.
Automatic Machine Guns
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Automatic machine guns were a weapon from Poison Gas

Britain, more specifically Hiram Maxim. He designed

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form of warfare and was dismissed. However, the

German army produced a version of Maxims Zeppelins

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a fearsome defensive and oensive weapon.

U-Boats

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Convoys

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definition-ww1-ww2.html

Automatic Machine Guns

http://www.firstworldwar.com/weaponry/
machineguns.htm

Airplanes

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The Wright brothers of the United States made the

first successful aircraft in 1909, by 1914 they were
still very crude. However, the British were the ones
that primarily used the aircraft. At first, it was
thought that they didnt have much use in combat
itself. They were used as a source of information for
artillery strikes, German movements, and bombs.
Pilots or co-pilots would throw bombs over the side
of the aircraft and hoped that it would land
somewhere relatively close to the target. This
revolutionized war because of the ability to see
aerial view over troops, bombs coming from the air,
and the new way on transportation of information.