Many of the deadliest battles in history occurred during the First World War. Such battles include Ypres, the Marne, Cambrai, the Somme, Verdun, and Gallipoli. The Germans employed the Haber process of nitrogen fixation to provide their forces with a constant supply of gunpowder, despite the British naval blockade. [143] Artillery was responsible for the largest number of casualties[144] and consumed vast quantities of explosives. The large number of head wounds caused by exploding shells and fragmentation forced the combatant nations to develop the modern steel helmet, led by the French, who introduced the Adrian helmet in 1915.
It was worse than gas.” Napalm was a brand new substance that was introduced by the Germans, which was a jelly like substance that could be easily transported and when ignited, would burn ferociously for a long period of time. Chemical warfare was arguably one of the most in humane and dangerous warfare of all time. Chlorine and phosgene gases were the two original gases that were thrown across the battlefield and would be blown through the wind to eventually meet the enemy. Different gases have different devastating effects. The most commonly used gas was
Outline the strategies and tactics to break the stalemate on the Western Front The strategy used most consistently in World War One to break through the stalemate was attrition warfare. Both sides aimed to wear down the other to the point of surrender by constant barrage and depletion of resources and supplies. The tactic of launching full frontal offensives was used by both sides in World War One in their attempt to break the stalemate. Commanders such as General Haig on the Allied side and the German General Hindenburg repeatedly commanded soldiers to go ‘over the top’ and charge at enemy defences. This tactic was used, for example, at battles such as the Battle of Verdun and the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.
In today’s society “We have a modern arsenal of chemical weapons to fight off these invaders and we use them lavishly” (D.Suzuki). All this fear and disgust is caused by the way we, as children, have been conditioned by society. David believes this is slowly destroying our planet, and is the cause of hundreds of
Repeating rifles, machine guns, and high powered artillery was expected to shorten war time. The new weapons did the opposite; they prolonged war time and allowed huge loses of lives. Machine guns could mow enemy soldiers down form a distance. This act is seen clearly in the battle scenes of All Quite on the Western Front. Shelling also became very popular during this war.
Three, two, one, fire! This is the command you would have heard right before the hit of rocks, stones, or even dead animal meat which left holes in crumbling castle walls in medieval times. The source of the projectile, and one of the most feared weapons of medieval times was a trebuchet, a powerful machine used to hurl projectiles. Trebuchets were able to throw massive objects at high speeds over great distances with great accuracy. Hurling objects into the air with great force has sparked great interest about the construction and operation of trebuchets.
The plan for the Battle of the Somme was to assemble a huge new army of soldiers. The men and supplies would be stockpiled in the reserve trenches. German trenches would be bombarded solidly for 7 days. The British fired over 1,500,000 shells at the German lines, which should have destroyed the German dug-outs (which were 9 metres deep), tear up their barbed wire and kill most of the Germans. Also 10 mines would be dug under the German strong points.
Bolu Soyomokun 9FR3 THE NATURE OF TRENCH WARFARE A trench is a long, narrow ditch and warfare is the Engagement in or the activities involved in war or conflict Trench warfare is a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other another description is a type of fighting during WW1 in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines, sandbagged parapets and barbed wires. As the break of the Great War came the advance of new technology and weapons also took to ground. Some took a part to the existence of trench warfare, and others were made to destroy deadlocks initiated by trench warfare. At the beginning of the war in 1914, cavalry charges were talked about greatly in the media, thoughts that would sweep away the enemy were common thoughts of the nation. This stayed significant thought in the mind of commanders until 1916, when opposing troops gained the belief that if the cavalry was going to be used, it would only be possible if they could break through a reasonably sized section of the opposition.
Motti Motti is a Finnish tactic of attacking an enemy’s flank, which was used extensively by the Finnish army in the Winter War. A motti is a double envelopment manoeuvre, using the ability of light troops to travel over rough ground to encircle an enemy restricted to open terrain or roads. Heavily outnumbered but mobile forces could easily immobilize an enemy many times more numerous. Motti also refers to one cubic meter of fire or pulpwood. During the war, logs known as Motti were used for jamming the tanks by putting it on the tracks of the tanks.
For this reason, land-mines are categorized in victim-activated weapons. Most of the times, in the case of landmine implanting, no specific target is chosen, it can be randomly any person or a group of people. The issues when a landmine explodes are major ones like fatal deaths or deadly injuries like amputated body parts or major incurable infections and burns. e There are different kinds of mines for different purposes and there is an antitank mine, whose primary goals is to destroy or at least disable the tank crosses over the mine. The blast might even kill people who weren’t intended to die and that might include innocent civilians at times.