How important was the development of new technologies?

Question 1

In which battle were tanks used for the 1st time?

Answer 1

Battle of the Somme (Sept 1916)

Question 2

In which battle did tanks 1st prove decisive?

Answer 2

The Battle of Cambrai (Nov 1917)

Question 3

What were tanks used for?

Answer 3

• to cross the No Man’s Land & enemy trenches
• destroy barbed wire
• used as shields for the advancing infantry

Question 4

Who invented tanks?

Answer 4

The British

Question 5

What was the German tank called?

Answer 5

A7V TANK (not much impact)

Question 6

What was the British tank called?

Answer 6

BRITISH MARK 1 HEAVY TANK

Question 7

More abt the ‘British Mark 1 Heavy Tank’ (3)

Answer 7

• originally called “land ships”
• the 1st ever used B tank
• used in the Battle of the Somme

Question 8

How was it inside a tank?

Answer 8

hot, badly ventilated, unpleasant

Question 9

Were tanks a success?

Answer 9

• initially, it was unreliable & diff to gear
• vulnerable to shell fire
• maxi speed 3m / h

Question 10

In which battle was gas 1st used?

Answer 10

Battle of Ypres (1915)

Question 11

Who used gas for the 1st time?

Answer 11

The Germans

Question 12

What were the effects of gas on soldiers?

Answer 12

severe burning of throat, chest pains, lungs shrinking (filled with toxic liquid), skin blisters, sore eyes, external / internal bleeding, a slow & painful death etc

Question 12

What were the 2 main types of gas used?

Answer 12

Chlorine gas & Mustard gas

Question 13

How were the gas used?

Answer 13

were shot into the trenches by artillery shells

Question 14

What was the solution for gas?

Answer 14

Gas masks

Question 15

How much gas did the Germans use?

Answer 15

68,000 t

Question 15

What did they have to be careful when shooting the gas?

Answer 15

of the wind
–> if wind blew the wrong direction, it could hit its own troops

Question 16

How much gas did the British use?

Answer 16

51,000 t

Question 17

How many soldiers were affected by gas?

Answer 17

1,200,000 soldiers

Question 18

How many deaths were caused by gas?

Answer 18

91,190

Question 19

Were chemical gases effective?

Answer 19

Not rlly - the chemical warfare started in April 1915, and gas masks were invented in fall 1915

Question 20

What were planes mainly used for?

Answer 20

RECONNAISSANCE - observe enemy trenches / troops
= would help artillery fire

Question 20

What were planes also used for?

Answer 20

drop bombs
–> they had machine guns mounted on them

Question 21

def of ‘Dogfights’

Answer 21

fight between 2 planes

Question 22

Example of British plane?

Answer 22

SOPWITH CAMEL

Question 22

What was a zeppelin?

Answer 22

an airship used in the beginning of the war & carried machine guns & bombs

Question 23

Were zeppelins effective?

Answer 23

No - they stopped using them bc they were too easy to shoot down

Question 24

Example of German plane?

Answer 24

GERMAN FOKKERS

Question 25

what were Air Aces?

Answer 25

highly skilled pilots

Question 26

Who's an example of Air Aces?

Answer 26

Baron Von Richthofen - 'The Red Baron'

Question 27

How many aircrafts did the Red Baron shoot down

Answer 27

80 Allied aircrafts

Question 28

What was an 'Anti-aircraft gun'?

Answer 28

guns from land that would shoot down the planes from bellow with a high angle

Question 29

Pilots would fly in ___ ?

Answer 29

Open cockpits

Question 30

What was the main weapon used by the British troops?

Answer 30

Rifles

Question 31

Example of a rifle

Answer 31

Bolt - Action Rifle

Question 32

How far can a rifle shoot?

Answer 32

it could kill a person 1,400 m away

Question 33

How many rounds an a Bolt - Action Rifle fire?

Answer 33

15 rounds / min

Question 34

What did soldiers do most of the time with their rifles?

Answer 34

they were cleaning & maintaining it

Question 35

Machine guns improved in WW1 - what was ameliorated?

Answer 35

became much lighter and easier to move around

Question 36

How many rounds were fired by machine guns?

Answer 36

500 rounds / min

Question 37

How many deaths did machine guns cause in WW1?

Answer 37

almost 30% of the casulaties

Question 38

Example of German machine gun?

Answer 38

GERMAN MG'08

Question 39

Example of British machine gun?

Answer 39

VICKERS GUN LEWIS GUN

Question 40

Were machine guns effective?

Answer 40

yes - they managed to shoot down rows of enemy soldiers running onto No Man's Land

Question 41

What was the weapon that caused the majority of the casualties during ww1?

Answer 41

Artillery

Question 42

What's an example of artillery?

Answer 42

Anti-aircraft guns

Question 43

Some guns were able to launch shells almost __ miles?

Answer 43

80 miles

Question 44

What were artillery used for?

Answer 44

- destroy enemy trenches - destroy the barbed wire - knock out communication lines etc

Question 45

Artillery represented how many % of the deaths?

Answer 45

around 60%

Question 46

How many soldiers were lost in the trench warfare?

Answer 46

9.7 million

Question 47

What were the heavy armoured battleships called?

Answer 47

Dreadnoughts