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World War I: Stalemate and Technology

The Western Front sees a stalemate as both sides resort to trench warfare. Explore the challenges faced in the trenches and the impact of new technologies. Meanwhile, battles rage on the Eastern Front and in distant colonies.

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World War I: Stalemate and Technology

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  1. 11.2 Notes A New Kind of War

  2. I. Stalemate on the Western Front • Failures of the Schlieffen Plan • Russia mobilized more quickly than expected • British joined French forces • Germany defeated in 1st Battle of the Marne • Both sides dug trenches to protect troops • Stalemate lasts four years

  3. II. Technology of WWI

  4. The Western Front

  5. Trench Warfare

  6. Questions • What kinds of problems and conditions do you think people in the trenches had to deal with? • Write you answer in your notes

  7. No Man’s Land

  8. Machine Gun

  9. Tanks

  10. Artillery

  11. Grenades

  12. Poison Gas

  13. Airplanes

  14. Fighting Overseas in Colonies

  15. III. Battle on Other Fronts • Russia losses on the Eastern Front • Russia was least industrialized and poorly equipped • Losses more devastating on Eastern Front due to more mobile battle lines

  16. The Eastern Front

  17. III. Battle on Other Fronts cont. • Ottoman Empire joins central powers • Turks cut off Russia in the Dardanelles a straight connecting the Black Sea and Mediterranean • T.E. Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia fought guerrilla war vs. the Turks

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