A More Destructive War - Vince Nguyen

For this assignment, you describe the new tactics and technologies that led to an increased level of destruction during WWI. You will try to convey
how each tactic or technology changed modern warfare during WWI. You can consult the following websites to help guide your research, and you
can always conduct your own research, too:

● Trenches on the Web: Armory. (Click View Set beside each table of examples of the technologies used to wage WWI to see examples and
descriptions of each.)
● Trench Weapons. (Click each category in the menu on the left to see information and examples of each category of WWI-era technology.)
● An episode on machine guns from R. Lee Ermey's Lock n' Load. (Other episodes—all of which are available on YouTube—explore other
technologies, such as tanks.)

You have three options for reporting your findings:

● You can re-create and complete the table on the next page in a new Microsoft Word document.
● You can write your responses in paragraph form in a new Microsoft Word document.
● You can also choose to create a Microsoft PowerPoint slide deck instead. If you use images or photographs to decorate your slides, be sure
to cite their sources.

Upload your chart to the assignment on Teams.

Work below ↓
Table
Tactics

Description Short-Term Results Long-Term Implications

Warfare through unexpected rapid Quick, fast wins against the enemies because - Enemies lose the will to fight (rather
War of Movement movement by forces to exploit the enemy’s they’re mentally unprepared to fight back and psychological than physical)
weaknesses and destroy their will and their weaknesses are exploited - Save time and energy on troops and
Source
ability to fight other resources
Warfare in which opposing armed forces - Saves resources because they were cheap - Makes the war stall for much longer
Trench Warfare attack, or defend from relatively permanent and easy to construct because there isn’t much progress
systems of trenches dug into the ground - Sacrifices mobility for more protection - Troops suffer from illnesses as well
Source
as exhaustion because of diseases and
poor living conditions.
Warfare through sustained processes of - Makes enemies weaker to gain military - Neutralizes the enemy’s advantages
War of Attrition wearing down an opponent (typically to the advantage and wears them down to make combat
point of collapse through continuous losses - Grinds down the enemy’s morale, more manageable (rather physical than
Source
in personnel and resources manpower, and resources than they could do psychological)
in response - Potentially defeating or failing the
- Requires lots of manpower and resources enemy’s forces
- Will lose resources in the long run if
fails
Technology
Heavily armed and armoured combat - Adds more military and technological - Makes mechanized warfare more
Tanks vehicles that move on two endless metal power to a country prevalent → more destructive
chains called tracks - Troops have better protection inside while - Pushes the enemies to create even
Source
being able to use heavy weapons better tanks and military technologies
- Boosts the morale of soldiers with the new → more destructive and longer war
tanks and technology
A new kinda toxic, asphyxiating gas - Chemically burns on contact with parts of- Death
Poison Gas (Mustard Gas) released from cylinders embedded in the the body but symptoms are hard to spot - Those who came in contact with the
ground by German troops as a chemical - Prevents enemies from moving forward gas suffered lifelong respiratory
Source 1
weapon to fight back Allied troops because they had to deal with it first problems and higher risks of
Source 2 developing cancer
→ Causes irreparable damage to
people’s health
New kinds of artillery weapons introduced - Fires new, high, longer range explosive - Makes the war go on much longer
New Artillery into the war, typically mortars and shells at a higher fire rate - Enemies make developments on their
howitzers - Makes it easier to counter trenches from the artillery models to balance out power
Source 1
 enemy because they could shoot into an area → more destructive
Source 2 with a high concentration of trenches
- Require highly specialized troops to
maneuver so might take a little bit more time
Fully automatic weapons that could fire - Stops pretty much any push from the enemy - More and better machine guns were
Machine Guns bullet rapidly, up to 450-600 per minute because of how fast they are developed, making them dominant
- They were fairly heavy and immobile so a over the next few years of the war
Source 1
team of about 4 soldiers was needed to - Makes movement across the land
Source 2 optimally run them difficult → Trench warfare was born
→ stalemate
A kind of extremely powerful battleships - Improves range and power of the armament - Becomes a crucial symbol of national
Battleships/Dreadnaughts first used by the British Royal Navy with a of their current battleships power
high number of heavy calibre guns and → More militarily powerful and higher - Pushes a naval arms race between
Source
steam turbine propulsion. chance of winning with naval combat at the nations, creating even more deadly
time battleships that outclassed the original
Dreadnaught → more destructive
A kind of rigid airship, with a cigar shaped, - Makes long range bombing successful - Discontinued after being
Zeppelins and Airplanes trussed, and covered frame supported by because zeppelin’s could achieve higher continuously combed by Allied forces
internal gas cells, originally designed by altitudes than airplanes at the time - Is the foundation for transoceanic
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Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin - Adds on to the aviation technology at the aviation technology developed in the
time as they were something new future

New German submarines developed to - Hunts down and attacks Allied vessels quite - The US introduces numerous types of
U-Boats/Submarines destroy merchant vessels carrying supplies successfully destroyers and shipyards
to Allied forces to hinder their war efforts - Sunk a lot of merchant ships even though - Slows down the Allies’ efforts to
(Unterseeboot)
they never had more than 60 submarines at bring troops and resources to the
Source 1 sea at one time → More destructive European warfront → Much longer
war
Source 2
Expectations
1. You will complete the table above fully and completely—or present the information in slides or paragraphs.
2. You will conduct your own research with the links above and other credible sources. You will provide your references when necessary.

Criteria

Meets Expectations Exceeds Expectations

Definitions Student work accurately describes the tactics and Student work insightfully describes the tactics and
technologies of war in WWI. technologies of war in WWI.
33% 1-3 4

Effects Student work accurately assesses the effects on Student work provides a superior explanation of the effects
warfare of each tactic and technology. of each tactic and technology.
33% 1-3 4

Student work is presented in a straightforward

Student work is presented in an engaging manner.
manner.
Communication All information sources used are credible, and all are cited
All information sources used are credible, and most
correctly.
are cited correctly.
33%
1-3 4