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- German plan for victory
- Invade neutral Belgium to defeat old enemy France
- Surround & capture Paris
- Plan failed & bogged down
- The plan would be used again
in WW II
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- Stalemate-war had bogged down; neither side could break through.
- Enemy trenches faced each other only yards apart.
- Horrible conditions: mud, corpses, rats.
- No Man’s Land: killing zone between the trenches.
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- One soldier now could replace 40.
- Soldiers could no longer survive massed assaults against the enemy.
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- Artillery - huge cannons firing shells weighing tons.
- Killed more than any other weapon.
- Some shelling would last for days.
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- Most had 2 wings (Biplanes)
- with cloth covering the wooden frame.
- Top speed - maybe 100 mph.
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- Zeppelins-German dirigibles bombed London & other cities.
- Filled explosive hydrogen.
- Not very effective.
- First time cities targeted from the air.
- Beginning of total war.
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- Attempt to break the stalemate.
- Terror weapon-panic & confusion.
- 3 Types of Gas
- Chlorine-burns the lungs/throat
- Tear Gas-temporary blindness/choking
- Mustard-most dreaded, skin blisters on contact
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Notes