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Technological development (Air-Land-Water )
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- 1Name examples of the technology that protagonists on the WWI regarding the air forces;- aircrafts
- airships/Zeppelins
-bombers
-fighters
-Aerial reconnaissance
-machine guns
-observation balloons - 2How were aircrafts been used at the beginning of WW1?Early forms were typically unarmed and used in the reconnaissance role until personal weapons were added. From there, the machine gun was finally fixed to these aircraft to create the 'fighter' aeroplane.
- 3What was one of the inventions regarding the armament of the aircrafts during WWI and how where they used?A synchronisation gear, or a gun synchroniser was attached to the armament of a single-engined tractor-type aircraft so it can fire through the arc of its spinning propeller without bullets striking the blades.
-Soon after all fighter planes used this invention. With mounted machine guns, pilots often fought enemy pilots in the air. These fights in the air were called dogfights. - 4When were the observation balloons first used and what was their importance?Use of observation balloons began during the French Revolutionary Wars, reaching their zenith during World War I. Because of their importance as observation platforms, aerial reconnaissance, balloons were defended by anti-aircraft guns during WWI.
Towards the end of WWI they were also used at sea for anti-submarine purposes towards the end of World War I - 5How were the observation balloons threaten?Attacking a balloon was a risky venture but some pilots relished the challenge. The most successful were known as balloon busters (NOTABLE: Belgium's , Germany's , America's , and the Frenchmen.)
- 6When were the zeppelins introduced to WWI and what was their importance?On 1914 when the war started Germans were already armed with several Zeppelins due to the early invention in 1900 by a German. During WWI the German military made extensive use of Zeppelins as bombers and scouts. The most popular bombing campaign with zeppelin was against Britain.
- 7What strategic bombing during WWI?Strategic bombing is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating the enemy by destroying its morale or its economic ability to produce and transport materiel to the theatres of military operations, or both.
- 8Which countries used strategic air bombing?The first countries using a strategic bombing effectively were the United Kingdom and France for the Entente Powers and Germany for the Central Powers. All the nations at war eventually engaged in such bombing.
Austria-Hungary limited.
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