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World History: Connections to Today

WWI Modern Warfare
Caitlin Cole

By Caitlin Cole
 U-BOATS
Automatic Machine Gun
Germany took over these as well. They were flourishing
in technological advancements during this time. They This was a newly built kind of
are underwater boats, or otherwise know as gun that was able to shoot a
submarines. They could launch torpedoes and bombs
that were guided. They were specifically used by
continuous flow of bullets
Germany to stop Allied shipping. This ship and it’s rapidly to quickly kill enemy
attacks also led to the United States getting involved in soldiers faster. England was
the world war.
the first country to use the
machine gun, back in 1884
Poison Gas
before WWI.
Germany was the first to take on this military
innovation. The first thing they used was
chorine. Chlorine is lethal and can cause pain to
eyes, nose, throat, and lungs. It gave them the
desired effect. They also came up with mustard
gas, which is a more lethal gas causing major
and painful rashes to the skin when exposed.
Britain did try to make gasses, but Germany
became very successful. It revolutionized war- CONVOYS
fare because of how effective it was.
Convoys were groups of merchant ships protected
by warships surrounding them. The Germans Airplane
developed this idea and had policy’s about
The airplane had evolved and was
unrestricted warships. This is another factor that
equipped to be use during WWI. It was
lead the United States into the war, just like how
a one person two propeller weapon with
the U-boats did.
a machine gun built in. Those guns were
ZEPPELINS used in the commonly used term,
These were airships used in WWI for the purpose
“dogfights”. They had not effect on the
of dropping bombs, and locating enemy troops.
This was a big improvement from balloons used
in previous wars because balloons could only go
in the direction of the wind. It was very incon-
venient. With the invention of the Zeppelin, they
could go in the direction of choice without having
to wait. The Germans at this time were thriving
in new advancements for the war. The person all
behind this was Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the
world's foremost designer of airships.
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