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Trenches
These were used as a form of security and safety. Lined uo all along the battlefields of Belgium and France. They can still be seen today, the ones that werent destroyed at least. -
Stalemate
Eastern and western Europe both went into a stalemaate after two months of warfare. Many men died in the trenches during the stalemate. Do to lack of food and water. And not enough medical supplis were there that they needed, so many died of long lasting infection. -
Poison Gas
The Germans first started using poison gas on their enemys. Causing vomitting, blindness, and suffocation. Allies began using gasses also. So they came up with the idea of gas masks, to stay protected. -
Armored Tanks
As technology grew, so did the death rate. Especially with the armored tanks that the british brought in, Even though they were slow with movement, they destroyed through barbed wire to cross trenches. -
Aircraft
At first, aircraft was just used for scouts. Looking over enemy territory. But then Germans sent zepplins to drop bombs on British warships. Leaving them destroyed, -
Combat Pilots
As the aircraft technology got better, they gained new ideas. Battling in tge air, Machine guns became attatcched to the airplanes, ANd with cloth covering them, they were highly flammable and it made it very easy to blow up. Killing the combat pilots, as they wanted. -
Barbed Wire
Barbed wire was put up in front of trenches to keep enemies out. Entanglements and obstacles were made. And it was hard to get past, without a tank. So their goal of being protected by the barbed wire worked for the most part, until new ideas came about. -
America getting involved
We stayed out for a good three years, but decided to get in the business in 1917 because we had a large enough army to do so, 2 million soldiers exactly. -
Bloodiest war
Over time, technology and weaponery grew and improved. Coming out with machine guns, tanks, airplanes, and barbed wire for no mans land. Making WW1 the bloodiest war. -
African American Soldiers
American men ordered african american men to report to duty as a soldier, They needed more help, and they turned to them for it. But the U.S. men told to the French to not treat the african american soldiers with respect. They were just simply there to do a duty. -
Long Ride
Took a train in the evening, to travel to Northhamptons, Mass. He didnt arrive until 6a.m. And it was a long, cold, misserable ride. He barely got any sleep, and had to take off as soon as he arrived. -
Cold NIght
6,000 troops and 1,100 in crew, aboard a ship. All of them were crowded, sleeping in hammocks together. As many as they could fit. During the freezing night. It was impossible to sleep because of the conditions they were in. -
Sick Day
Stayed the whole day locked away in his room. Being sick, and couldnt barely get up. He slept most of the day, trying to recover from his sore throat and massive headache. Since medicine was not so popular, -
Delivery
When he woke up, he recieved mail from a girl named Minnie. WHen he read it, it stated that he neded to go to Washington, quickly. For what he didnt know, it was just an order he had to follow. -
New Kicks
He took his shoes to get repaired, from all the worn down damage. And he borrowed someone else's for the meantime. So he didnt get infection on his feet.
