Impact of new technology Flashcards
Sea warfare
Impact of new technology
Developments:
-in … to German … the British …: m…, d… c…, … s… and the c… s…
-they also developed the …
—>allowed … to be … from … away
Impact:
-made U-boats much less …
Developments:
-in response to German u-boats the British developed: mines, depth charges, Q-ships and the convoy system
-they also developed the hydrophone
—>allowed u-boats to be detected from miles away
Impact:
-made U-boats much less effective
Air warfare
Impact of new technology
Developments:
-at the … of the war they were only used for …
-by 19…. they had many improvements:
-made out of … material
—>more …
-… fuel …
—>… greater …
-could … in larger …
-… allowed pilots to … with the …
Impact:
-war was … to land and … for centuries
-changed … completely
Developments:
-at the start of the war they were only used for reconnaissance
-by 1918 they had many improvements:
-made out of stronger material
—>more manoeuvrable
-larger fuel tanks
—>travel greater distances
-could fly in larger formations
-radio allowed pilots to communicate with the ground
Impact:
-war was limited to land and sea for centuries
-changed warfare completely
Tanks
Impact of new technology
Developments:
-the first … were used by the … in the battle of the … in 19….
-they were … and …
-they become … and more …
Impact:
-at the battle of … in 19…. over … tanks crossed the … line and gained …km of land
-at the battle of … in 1918 … tanks led an … that captured …km of land
-in response … built … trenches and more … guns
-Germans fell … their … in …
Developments:
-the first tanks were used by the British in the battle of the Somme in 1916
-they were slow and ineffective
-they become stronger and more reliable
Impact:
-at the battle of cambrai in 1917 over 400 tanks crossed the German line and gained 8km of land
-at the battle of Amiens in 1918 600 tanks led an advance that captured 32km of land
-in response Germans built wider trenches and more powerful guns
-Germans fell behind their enemies in development
Artillery
Impact of new technology
Developments:
-there were … new … developments
-… that could destroy … wire
-… and more a… guns
-… warfare
—>digging under … and planting …
-“creeping …” tactic
—>wall of … moved forward providing … for troops
Impact:
-enabled more … to be done to … lines before and during …
-by 19…. the Germans had … that could … up to …km
Developments:
-there were several new shell developments
-shells that could destroy barbed wire
-larger and more accurate guns
-mine warfare
—>digging under enemy and planting explosives
-“creeping barrage” tactic
—>wall of artillery moved forward providing cover for troops
Impact:
-enabled more damage to be done to enemy lines before and during attacks
-by 1918 the Germans had guns that could fire up to 130km
Infiltration tactics
Impact of new technology
Developments:
-at the start of the … the method of … was to … the … and then send in … troops
—>this lead to many …
-… in the war a group of … soldiers would … and destroy … machine … posts
Impact:
-decreased the number of casualties
-however they still were high
Developments:
-at the start of the war the method of attack was to bombard the enemy and then send in ground troops
—>this lead to many casualties
-later in the war a group of elite soldiers would advance and destroy enemy machine gun posts
Impact:
-decreased the number of casualties
-however they still were high
Commanding the troops
Impact of new technology
Developments:
-for most of the … allied … each had their own … structure
-in march 19…. it was decided that all … troops would … under the … of … Foch, a … general
Impact:
-it … command s…
-allowed … to … quickly to the … spring … and … successful … attacks
Developments:
-for most of the war allied countries each had their own command structure
-in march 1918 it was decided that all allied troops would come under the command of Ferdinand Foch, a French general
Impact:
-it unified command structure
-allowed allies to respond quickly to the German spring offensive and launch successful counter attacks
