Airplane

An airplane was a craft that flew in the sky,

it was mainly used for dropping bombs
onto enemy territory. The air plane revolutionized the war because with Trench Warfare, the sides with the aircrafts were not
able to reign superior because now they
were able to drop bombs on their enemies. It was mainly used by the Germans.

Work Cited
http://firstworldwar.com/weaponry/
gas.htm

http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/
bombers_zeppelins.htm
http://uboat.net/
http://www.britannica.com/technology/Uboat
http://military.wikia.com/wiki/
Convoys_in_World_War_I
http://online.wsj.com/ww1/machine-guns
http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/
ww1-aircraft.asp

WWI MODERN WARFARE

Maggie Bartony

Poisonous Gas

U Boats

Poisonous gas was used

to demoralize, injure,
and kill entrenched defenders. Normally it was
seen as a cloud of smoke
and would cause the
enemy to move at a
much slower pace. It
believed that the Ger- Poisonous gas revolutionmans introduced this ized the war because now
there was a faster way to
lethal weapon, but it
eliminate the non expecting
was actually the
enemy.
French.

Zeppelins
Zeppelins were
first used by the
Americans and
French in the Civil
War. These machines were aircrafts that drop
bombs on the enemy. These craft
could be flown in
specific directions
rather than just
follow the direction of the wind.

Automatic Machine Gun

U boats were first used by the Germans
against the Allied forces. There were undersea boats that were used to destroy other
ships. They were a type of navy warfare,
and were also used to be a blockade. This
revolutionized the war because the fighting
could now be taken to the sea in a more
destructive way.

Convoys

The Zeppelins now

made it possible to
men and cargo to be
carried long distances,
revolutionizing the
war.

and by the French Army. A convoy is a group of

merchantmen or troopships traveling together
with a naval escort. Convoys revolutionized the
war because it made it able for many troops to
get supplies because that is what the convoys
were carrying.

The Convoys were used both by the royal army

Machine guns were first used by the

Germans. This was an automatic
weapon that let out 450-600 bullets
per minute. This weapon revolutionized the war because now there was a
faster way to kill your enemy. Now you
did not have to worry about constantly
reloading your gun.