Weapons of the First World War: artillery, tanks, gas and U-boats

1. 1its charge became the first tactic used in the war.
   

   1. A Artillery
   2. B Infantry
2. 2Tanks:

   1. Awas a British invention at first rejected, but churchilll thought it had potential. Two years later the tanks were used for the first time in the Battle of the Somme, crushing barbed wire defences and spraying the enemy with machine gun fire. Achieved a breakthrough .
   2. Bits charge became the first tactic used in the war.
3. 3During the First World War, cavalry became less important, it was not a weapon anymore. It did not serve the stalemate for much; its speed and mobility were only as useful as walking distance. Cavalry was vulnerable to artillery, in fact only three of hundred horses survived. Despite their incapability’s, remained vital for the transportation of equipment in the swamp like condition of the western front.

   1. A Cavalry
   2. B Poison Gas
4. 4Triple Entente

   1. AAn allied group conformed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. Called the central powers because of their location in European territory.
   2. BAn allied group conformed by Britain, Russia and France.
5. 5Central Powers

   1. AAn allied group conformed by Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. Called the central powers because of their location in European territory.
   2. BAn allied group conformed by Britain, Russia and France.
6. 6U boat:

   1. A Brought by the state if stalemate, it was a system of trenches. They began as shelters but by 1915 had developed into a defense mechanism.
   2. BGerman submarins used in World War I, which attacked allied merchant ships.
7. 7In the first world war, became more powerful because of its constant use. It caused more casualties than any other weapon. At first guns were not accurate, but by the end of the war artillery was bigger, precise and its tactics were sophisticated. It created industries and jobs through Europe.
   

   1. ATrench Warfare
   2. BArtillery
   3. CPoison Gas
8. 8Poison Gas:

   1. ADuring the First World War, cavalry became less important, it was not a weapon anymore. It did not serve the stalemate for much; its speed and mobility were only as useful as walking distance. Cavalry was vulnerable to artillery, in fact only three of hundred horses survived. Despite their incapability’s, remained vital for the transportation of equipment in the swamp like condition of the western front.
   2. Bits charge became the first tactic used in the war.
   3. CFirst rattack in april 1915, when the germans released chlorine, which through the wind traveled into no mans land and into the british trenches. Soldiers panicked and struggle to breath, the gas became a regular feature of war. It aimed to disable enemy troops so their own infantry charge would work. Later one, scientist from both sides perfectioned a more lethal gas such as mustar gas. This gas had a perfumed smell that burned, blinded and slowly killed the victim over 4 to 5 weeks. Responsible for the invention of the gas mask.
9. 9Brought by the state if stalemate, it was a system of trenches. They began as shelters but by 1915 had developed into a defense mechanism.

   1. ATrench Warfare
   2. BInfantry

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