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The onset of World War I brought about a grueling and deadly form of warfare known as trench warfare. This strategy, adopted by both sides, involved a network of parallel trenches dug across France and Belgium, leading to extensive battles fought over mere yards of land for over three years. The area between the trenches, dubbed "no man's land," was a treacherous expanse filled with mud, shell craters, and barbed wire. Key battles like Verdun and the Somme resulted in catastrophic casualties, highlighting the brutal nature of the conflict.
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Section 14-2 World War I
The Fighting Starts • Trench Warfare- was used to hold off the German advance. Very bloody and deadly type of warfare, where two parallel systems of trenches were dug across France and Belgium. Armies fought for mere yards of ground over three years. • “No man’s land”- barren expanse of mud pockmarked with shell craters and filled with barbed wire that was between the trenches.
German Poster Think of Your Children!
Trench Warfare “No Man’s Land”
The Airplane “Squadron Over the Brenta”Max Edler von Poosch, 1917
The Flying Aces of World War I FrancescoBarraco, It. Eddie “Mick”Mannoch, Br. Eddie Rickenbacher, US Manfred vonRichtoffen, Ger.[The “RedBaron”] Rene PaukFonck, Fr. Willy Coppens deHolthust, Belg.
Verdun – February, 1916 • German offensive. • Each side had 500,000 casualties.
The Somme – July, 1916 • 60,000 British soldiers killed in one day. • Over 1,000,000 killed in 5 months.
