Weapons and Technology (1900-45)

Question 1

What technology was used in 1914 for the German invasion of France?

Answer 1

Railways

Question 2

How many troops were moved via railways in the 1914 German invasion of France?

Answer 2

2 million men

Question 3

What did the railways produce?

Answer 3

A war of movement

Question 4

What turned to the war of movement in 1914 to a stalemate by 1916?

Answer 4

Machine guns

Question 5

What was dug to defend against machine guns?

Answer 5

Trenches

Question 6

What broke the WW1 stalemate in 1917?

Answer 6

Tanks and aircraft

Question 7

Give 2 things which were advantageous about using tanks in WW1?

Answer 7

Shielded onrushing soldiers from enemy fire

Could burst through the enemy line, crating a new war of movement

Question 8

Give 2 advantages of aircraft in WW1

Answer 8

Used to bomb enemy positions

Could scout enemy positions

Question 9

What kickstarted a war of movement in 1940?

Answer 9

Tanks and aircraft

Question 10

What tanks did the Germans use in their invasion of France in 1940?

Answer 10

Panzer tanks

Question 11

What new tactic was used to embrace the new technology such as tanks and aircraft in 1940?

Answer 11

Blitzkrieg- infield commanders given more of a free hand

Question 12

What were the 2 advantages of using aircraft in 1940?

Answer 12

Machine gunning and bombing the ground

Parachuting in troops

Question 13

What could be used to coordinate troops by WW2

Answer 13

Radios

Question 14

What caused the stalemate in WW2?

Answer 14

Superior air defence such as radar and anti aircraft guns

Question 15

What broke the stalemate in WW2?

Answer 15

Bombing

Question 16

What 3 things contributed to the improvement in air attack by 1943?

Answer 16

Better aerial support which kept aircraft in the skies at all times so air strikes could be called at any time (cab rank)
Bombers improved to have a greater range and carry more bombs (Lancaster bombers)
Fighter cover improved to protect bombers

Question 17

What big example was there of the power of bombing on ending a stalemate?

Answer 17

Nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Question 18

Give 3 impacts of bombing on Germany and her allies in WW2

Answer 18

Destroyed economic assets such as factories, docks and railways
Tied up military assets such as 85% of anti aircraft guns having to remain in cities rather than going to the front
Single bomb could destroy a whole city and end the war

Question 19

What 3 things does total warfare involve?

Answer 19

The whole population in the war effort
Vast sums of money
Using all of their scientific, technological an industrial resources

Question 20

When was chemical warfare used?

Answer 20

In the trenches in WW2

Question 21

What is the Geneva Protocol?

Answer 21

Banning gas as weapons