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War In The Air
In 1914 warplane's purpose was designed to help win wars. Technical advances in aerial warfare opened the airplane to expand the functions. In early war, the warplanes were meant to scout out enemy territory and enemy artillery. Later on, came the machine guns and bombers which destroyed enemy artillery, search for submarines, kill many enemies, and destroy bases. An example of a Canadian warplane is Bristol F.2 fighter. -
French 75-millimeter field gun
In 1914, the planning and conduct of World War One using new weapons that were brought into the war. The full rapid-fire field machine gun was created in 1800-1900. This gun is called the French 75-millimeter field gun. Unfortunately, this gun had a huge amount of recoil causing soldiers to lose control of the gun and miss their targets. Soldiers added brakes to the gun the help steady the gun. -
Poisonous gases/ Mustard gases
On April 22-24 1915, the Germans were the first people to release the poison gas. Chlorine gas goes in the millions of moist parts of your body and turns the gas into acid and it would burn you from the inside and out, while artilleries were firing. This lethal gas was absorbed through your skin, eyes, lungs, and mouth. Within minutes over 6 thousand allied troops were killed in the fight. -
War At Sea
In 1916, the threat of German U-Boats and ships spread the North American waters. The U-boats shot torpedoes and had a lot of armed soldiers. The German-controlled the U-boats and they shot down any non-german boats that crossed the border on water. In 1918, Canada had about 112 vessels and 5500 officers. -
The Tommy Gun
John T. Thomson created the Thompson Submachine gun, also known as the Tommy gun. It was created in 1920. The clip of this gun held around 50 to 100 rounds and weighs about 10 pounds which are relatively light compared to other machine guns. The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps were thrilled with this weapon which was used in the future too. -
Canadian Corps light railways
During 1917 to 1920 soldiers were placed in a headquarters named the Canadian Railway Troops. This was designed to transport soldiers, weapons, food, and explosives quickly where they needed to go. In WW1 this was very important because transportation was very hard back in 1917. 13 Battalions are large bodies of soldiers who were in there preparing for battle. -
Insulin
Insulin is a medicine that was discovered in January 1922 and was used to help and prevent diabetes and control soldier's metabolism. Dr. Frederick Banting did an experiment on insulin. By the spring of 1922, the Toronto researchers Banting, Charles Best, J.B. Collip and their supervisor, J.J.R. Macleod, were able to tell the world the discovery of insulin. -
Telophones
The telephones at this part in time, soldiers were developing at a fast rate, In 1915, the first coast to coast telephone call was made. In 1924. The telephones were advancing and used in war. In 1927 Canadian could call from Europe to the United States. -
Geneva Protocol
The 1925 Geneva protocols forbid the applies of chemical and biological weapons in war. Most of the countries of the world started banning chemical weapons. In World War 1 soldiers were using asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases and bacteriological weapons to kill enemy soldiers. The consequence of this was over thousands of soldiers have died from this. -
Rocket Engine
Robert H. Goddards created his first liquid-fueled rocket engine on March 16, 1926. It is used as a missile system that launches explosive missiles towards the enemy territory at high velocity. In the jet propulsion engine, it includes turbojet, pulse jet, and a ramjet with elements of oxidizer and fuel in the rocket engine.
