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    This document contains a bibliography and sections about various modern warfare technologies introduced and used in World War 1, including the British naval convoy system, automatic machine guns, airplanes, poison gas, and German zeppelins. It discusses how the convoy system helped protect merchant ships from German U-boats, how machine guns could kill thousands very quickly, the first use of airplanes and adding machine guns to them, Germany's shocking first use of chlorine gas, and their initial effective but later ineffective bombing of cities from zeppelins.

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    Bibliography

    British Naval Convoy System


    Introduced.
    History.com. 2009. A+E
    Networks. Web. 1 April
    2016.
    Germans Introduce Poison
    Gas. History.com. 2010.
    A+E Networks. Web . 1
    April 2016.
    German Zeppelins of WWI.
    Military-history.org.
    2010. N.p. Web. 2 April
    2016.
    The War in the Air.
    Firstworldwar.com.
    2009. N.p. Web. 2 April
    2016.

    WWI Modern
    Warfare
    by
    Julia Sevco

    Automatic Machine Gun


    Convoys

    Due to the success of the German Uboats, the British navy created a convoy
    system where merchant ships traveled
    in groups protected by Allied warships.
    The introduction of conveys in 1917
    helped decline the damage done by German submarines.

    The most significant advancement was


    the automatic machine gun. It
    consisted of a mounted gun that fired
    a steady stream of bullets. Hundreds
    of rounds a minute could be shot by
    one person. Both sides used these
    guns. These guns could kill or wound
    thousands in a short period of time.
    The machine gun stopped Germanys
    plant to rust into a country as fast as
    possible.

    Airplane
    WWI was the first war where airplanes
    were used. Both sides used airplanes to observe enemy troops, drop bombs, and for
    air battles. In 1916, Germany armed
    planes with machine guns. The Allies used
    airplanes with machine guns as well.

    Poison Gas
    On April 12, 1915, German forces shocked
    the Allied soldiers by firing lethal chlorine
    gas. WWI was the first major war to use
    chemical weapons. The Allies, including
    France, Britain and the USA also developed
    and used chemical weapons. Mustard gas
    and chlorine gas were the most popular
    weapons. The poisonous gas caused
    suffocation, blindness, and death. People
    had to use gas masks. The introduction of
    poison gas had great significance in WWI.
    More than 100,000 tons of chemical
    weapons agents were used, injuring 500,000
    and killing 30,000.

    Zeppelins

    Germany used zeppelins to drop bombs on


    British and French cities. A zeppelin was a
    giant cigar-shaped balloon filled with hydrogen. These silent airships struck without
    warning and people feared these raids. With
    the use of airplanes with machine guns, zeppelins could be shot down and were no long
    effective.

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