WW1 PROJECT

TRENCH WARFARE

WHAT IS IT?

• It is a system of deep holes about 7 ft deep and 6 ft wide, to protect themselves from the enemy. It was a quick and easy dig in the ground to keep them “safe”.

HOW DID THEY COME UP WITH THIS?

• They were dug by the soldiers. Just by digging in the ground. It was fast and easy, but them that lead to them being exposed while they were shooting at the enemy.

WHY DID IT START?

• September 14, the germans were being fired at by the allied forces. They then begin to dig into the ground to avoid losing anymore ground in the war. The allies were unable to break through this, then they started to begin to dig, in which how this/it all started.

WHAT WAS IT LIKE IN THE TRENCHES?

• It was very very smelly, moist, and were not the best. They had a-lot of mice but in a way it helped. Most of the soldiers got very sick because of how wet it was and how nasty it was. It caused most soldiers to get trench foot.

ANIMALS USED IN WW1

WHY DID THEY START USING ANIMALS?

• They started to use animals in war to sniff out bombs, help save the soldiers, deliver messages, transportation, and also acted as guards.

WHAT ANIMALS WERE USED?

• The most used animals in WW1 and many other wars were, dogs, cats, mules, horses, pigeons elephants, camels, oxen, bullocks, cats, canaries, even glow worms.

OTHER FACTS

• There were over 100,000 pigeons used in ww1. They were used to give messages. Also flying at a rate of 1 mile per minute
• Over 8 million mules, donkeys, and horses died in ww1.

WEAPONS AND TECH.

COUPLE OF WEAPONS/ TECH. THAT WAS INVENTED

• Barbed wire, it was estimated that how much was placed could circle the earth 40 times.
• Big bertha, this was a tank like weapon and was placed at the most dangerours weapon used in ww1.
• Fokker triplane, this was not necessarily a dangerous weapon just one of the more famous weapons. This was a plane.

WHAT WAS THE MOST HELPFUL INVENTION?

• The most helpful invention was poisons gas, but this was actually not used as much as you would think. But when used it did a-lot of damage because of strong they made it. Now a days is not very common to use

OTHER FACTS ABOUT WEAPONS

• The tank was invented in 1915
• The flamethrower was invented in 1901
• Barbed wire was invented in 1867
• Big bertha was invented in 1914