World War I


World war I was a war of many first it was also the beginning to the united states becoming a

world superpower.There Were some reasons why US was Involved.The War started by assassination

of the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife on 28th June 1914.Soldiers use Weapons to

defend and fight the enemies.Some weapons were more Important than the others.

The Weapons That was Used during the WWI was Poison Gas,U-boats,and Tank the

Poison gas was probably the most feared of all  weapons in WWI.Poison gas was indiscriminate and

could be used on the trenches even when no attack was going on.U-boat stood for underwater boat

They were used to sink enemy ships and create chaos in the shipping lanes.The Tanks were Used by

the British they advanced across No-Man's Land on the broadest possible front, and their armor was

expected to make them invincible.Some tanks were destroyed by enemy action, but most simply broke

down.The Weapons were Important because one-Poison gas was important to kill people and the

effects were asphyxiation and blindness among other things,The U-Boats were important to target other

ships and eliminate them.Also,The Tank were Important to get past The No man’s Land.

The Three Types Of warfare used in WWI was Front line trenches,Support and reserved

trenches,Communication trenches.Front line trenches was the first trenches were hurriedly made.They

were holes dug by soldiers to protect themselves from the enemy.The Support and Reserved are

trenches that were even farther back, and was used to give soldiers a break from being on the front

lines,but still keep them close enough to the front that they could quickly go into combat.Communication

trenches Gives supplies of water, food,ammunition, bombs and trench stores to the front-line.

The Three Types of of communication that were used in WWI was Radio,Pigeons,Telephones.

Pigeons carrier pigeons were commonly used by all sides to ferry messages from point to point.Radio

communication played a vital role for all combatants during the war.Field telephones to communicate

during battles to direct artillery and also give orders for troop movements.We do still one of these type

of communication like the telephones.

The Conclusion-The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to throne of

Austria-Hungary, and his wife in Sarajevo, Bosnia on June 28th of 1914 set off a conflict that

engulfed Europe, and America. When Austria declared war on Serbia that day. By the end of the

year the regional conflict exploded into a war that spanned the globe.