ww1 Flashcards
Why was ww1 so devastating?
Scientists and inventors worked tirelessly:
- tanks improved over time - no-mans land western front
_______ location of most battles
trenches
where did trench warfare take place
Western Front
what did trench warfare border
France, belgium, and germany
landscape was very _________
flat
why would you build a trench?
trenched were dug to protect themselves from enemy gunfire and artillery
bad thing about trenches?
no protection from gunfire
what is a dugout
protective hole dug in the ground
no-mans land?????
area between trenches
describe the appearance of trenches
barbed wire, huge craters
what was bad about no-mans land
NO PROTECTION
what would happen if you tried to cross no-mans land??
death
what was no-mans land reduced to??
barren field
stale-mate
where neither side can advance
when where tanks made
1916
who where tanks used by
allies
why where tanks hard to use
the where hard to steer
why were tanks unreliable
broke down on battlefield
what happened over time with tanks
became very effective
used regularly in battle
helped break thro german front lines
airplanes helped collect ________ about the enemy
intelligence
what could planes drop on cities and troops
bombs
what where mounted on planes (dog fights)
machine guns
what 3 things did both allies and central powers want in a plane
Fast
easy to maneuver
stronger
who invented vickers gun
british
