1. Modern Warfare: The New Style of War
Mr. Meester
World History
10-2

2. Vocabulary T. E. Lawrence Mustard Gas Central Powers Machine Guns
War of Attrition
T. E. Lawrence
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Battlefronts
Trench Warfare

3. The Battlefronts & Alliances
During World War I there was an Eastern Front & a Western Front
The line where 2 armies meet is called a Battlefront.
One army was the Allied Powers
England, France, Russia, & Italy
Italy had switched sides (didn’t like Austria)
The other army was the Central Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, & the Ottoman Empire

4. Trench Warfare
On the Western Front, both sides used extensive systems of trenches to protect themselves from their enemies
A “No man’s land” separated the trenches
Offensives involved charging across & attacking the enemy’s trenches
With new technology the body count was extremely high

5. Life in the Trenches

6. No Man’s Land

7. New Weapons of WWI Machine Gun Artillery Poison (Mustard) Gas Tanks
used in trenches and mounted on airplanes & tanks
Artillery
Large cannon that could fire shells great distances up to 10 miles.
Poison (Mustard) Gas
Gas artillery shells were fired at the trenches. Dangerous to both sides.
Tanks
used to break through the trench systems and “no man’s land”.

8. More Weapons Airplane Submarine (U-Boat) Zeppelin (Blimp)
Used to spot enemy positions and bomb ground targets
Submarine (U-Boat)
Used by Germany to blockade ports and sink supply ships
Zeppelin (Blimp)
Used by Germany to bomb England
Ineffective because it could easily be set on fire by gunfire

9. New Weapons

10. The War of Attrition
Trench Warfare caused the war to become a stalemate
Neither side could gain an advantage
WWI became a war of attrition
Each side tried to outlast the other side
The Army that ran out of men, weapons, or supplies first lost.
This caused battles to be very long and costly.

11. The War of Attrition

12. The “World” War British Col. T. E. Lawrence went to the Middle East
Trained and helped the Arabs revolt against the Ottomans
Colonies around the world were drawn into the fight
Troops from New Zealand & Australia fought in the war
Other colonies sent needed raw materials & supplies

13. Recap Central Powers vs. Allied Powers The Battlefronts
Western Front & Eastern Front
Modern Weapons & Trench Warfare
War of Attrition leads to a stalemate
Long Battle high body count
T.E. Lawrence & the role of the Colonies