Military tactics and technology

Question 1

Weapons of trench warfare
-a…
-p… g…
-m… g…
-t…
-r…
-g…
-f… t…

Answer 1

-artillery
-poison gas
-machine guns
-tanks
-rifles
-grenades
-flame throwers

Question 2

What was artillery

Answer 2

-large guns
-fired shells over long distances
-used to weaken the enemy before attack
-caused 60% of all wounds
-not mobile

Question 3

What was poison gas

Answer 3

-used first by the Germans
-unreliable due to win
-became a weapon of terror

Question 4

What were tanks

Answer 4

-first used by the British
-spread panic and terror
-were unreliable at first

Question 5

What were machine guns

Answer 5

-required 2-4 men per machine
-very efficient
-40% of British casualties were caused by machine guns

Question 6

What were rifles, bayonets, grenades, flamethrowers

Answer 6

Rifles:
-rifle was standard weapon, given to all soldiers
-very accurate

Bayonets
-knife
-attached sometimes to the end of rifles
-good for hand to hand combat

Grenades:
-carried by soldiers
-thrown into trenches

Flamethrowers:
-some soldiers used these
-create walls of fire
-effective in enclosed spaces
-unreliable in wind

Question 7

Attacking the enemy
-artillery guns
-over the top
-trenches

Answer 7

-artillery guns were fired at enemy trenches to weaken them and destroy barbed wire
-soldiers went over the top and moved towards enemy trenches
-soldiers jumped into enemy trenches and fought

Question 8

What type of war was WW1

Answer 8

A war of attrition, the aim to wear the enemy down over time