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World War I Notes Continued

World War I Notes Continued . * H.W. Due Friday: Chapter 24, life on the battle field Prompt: Assess if soldiers described the realities of war in their letters home, or if they idealized their time on the battlefield.

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World War I Notes Continued

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  1. World War I Notes Continued * H.W. Due Friday: Chapter 24, life on the battle field Prompt: Assess if soldiers described the realities of war in their letters home, or if they idealized their time on the battlefield. Research a letter to home, find the connecting evidence from the textbook to support. * Objective: define what we feel is the most important military technology, and what the countries in the war felt the most important military technology was

  2. Questions • Which technology you feel was most feared by combatants? • Which technology you think most changed how the war was fought? • Which technology you think life the most lasting impact on future warefare?

  3. Despite the boom market for machine guns, artillery shells, and explosives, the really smart investor in 1917 put money into tanks, which showed a phenomenal growth in the British production figures (740%).Machine guns were the key to creating a killing zone; tanks gave a way to neutralize the enemy machine guns and lead the troops across that killing zone. In 1917, the British posted the following production numbers in their arms and munitions industry:

  4. In this last year of World War I, British industrial production continued to show trends that reflected the carnage in the trenches. Warfare had changed across the past 4 years. For the first time since 1914, production of key arms and munitions actually dropped: Rifles, Shells, and Powder. Meanwhile, the biggest gain appeared in the production of aircraft ( up 217%.) and aircraft engines--replacement parts (up 187%). Artillery pieces (up 156%) continued strong, as did machine guns (up 122%).

  5. Closing • You are a United States Senator, in the year 1917, the United States has a finite (limited) amount of money for the Military Defense budget. • What three of the following do you concentrate your money on? • Increase in soldiers (salary) • Increasing recruitment efforts (posters, songs) • Increase supplies (food, medicine) • Steel technology • Building Tanks • Battleship improvements • Airplane technology • Biochemical weapons • Railroad transportation

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