-Flamethrower: Today we were equipped with a new weapon, a flamethrower. It incinerates men with long stream of fire, it is truly a brutal weapon.
-Tank: today we saw a boxy vehicle on treads, immune to rifle fire, it was slow but strong. Our officers tell is it was the French The Schneider CA1
-Machine Gun: Machine Guns devastate men on the Trench lines. Countless men get tangled in wire, and shot down mercilessly.
-Submarine: Submarines are a relatively new weapon. They are excellent at taking down ships. The U-Boat is the strongest submarine of all. It has sank countless Ships. The only weakness of submarines are depth-charges.
-Airplane: Everyday we sit in the trenches, we are entertained by dogfights, we see the newest weapon of war. It is used for reconnaissance mostly.
-3” Mortar: It is used by Infantry to bombard enemy trenches. It is a devastating weapon, today we used against the French, but we were
-No Mans land is the land between two opposing trenches, usually barren and covered with dead menand craters. Often no mans land, along with the trenches, becomes wetland.
-Gas weapons are fired into enemy trenches and quickly kill all men without gas masks. Mustard Gas, Tear Gas, bertholite, and Phosgene were used.
-The Red Baron was the most successful flying combat ace in WWI. He shot down over 80 planes. His cause of death is debated, most likely from the ground.
-The Schlieffen plan was a plan to defeat France, Russia, and England so that Germany could take power.
-The Assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand helped start the war in addition to the tension already present. The Archduke was heir to The Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was assassinated by a Serbian. The Austro-Hungarians demanded to Serbia to punish those responsible for the assassination. When Serbia didn’t respond, The Austro-Hungarians declared war. They were so many alliances that made all the powers respond. This resulted in war between the Allies and the Central Powers.
-Pals Battalions were units of the British Army that consisted of men who had enlisted together at special local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbors and work colleagues rather than having to be mixed in with the regular soldiers of the Army. Ultimately the strategy did not work. It didn’t work because it created disproportionate losses to communities.
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