WW1 Trench Warfare

The French first used tear gas (ethyl bromoacetate) in 1914, mostly unsuccessfully, and the Germans likewise used irritants that hedged the prohibition against deadly gases signed in 1899 at The Hague.

But the Germans later used xylyl bromide against the Russians and lethal chlorine gas against British troops. The French also developed phosgene gas, which was responsible for most of the nearly 100,000 gas fatalities of the war.

Sulfur-based "mustard gas" was produced in large quantities using a process developed by two German scientists, Lommel and Steinkopf, and used against the advancing Allies beginning in 1917. Captured gas shells were used in retaliation by the British and Americans in 1917, and it was widely employed by both sides during the last two years of the war.

It started when the Germans dug into France to take a defensive stance, then the front barely moved after that.

The first gas attacks in WW1 were not lethal, but were designed to confuse the enemy long enough to be able to attack. When the attacks changed to a deadly type soldiers did not know how to deal with the gas. Gas masks were not always helpful, and death came slowly, taking hours or even days of horrible agony before succumbing to the gas effects.

The Battle of Somme was an important battle during World War I. During this battle, Germany introduced poison gas as a new weapon.

Becuase They :D Becuase They :D If historians consider the Battle of Dieppe a success, it is probably because they are looking at the effect of the battle in a broader sense. As a military operation, Dieppe was a failure, but it may have convinced the USSR to stay in the war longer, and it showed the world that the Allies were not giving up. As a military operation, it could also be argued that the Doolittle Raid was a failure because minimal damage was done and all the planes were lost (the original plan had been for them to land in Allied-controlled China, but they were spotted and launched early). Dunkirk is also regarded as a success because thousands of British and French soldiers managed to escape and fight again. There are other ways to guage success or failure than in military terms. Vietnam considers the Tet Offensive their greatest military disaster, but it was the event which convinced the US that they had chosen the wrong war.

They were very heavy and cumbersome, making them difficult to transport. Additionally, they were water cooled, meaning a supply of water for the machine guns had to be kept on hand.

WWI first tank was called? That is not a question. It isn't even a complete sentence. Therefore I cannot answer it.

WW1 was caused by a network of alliances that caused countries to go to war along with their allies after Arch Duke Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian national and Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia eventually causing the world to go to war.

There were 9 main causes:

- Alliances

- Rivalry

- Nationalism

- Imperialism

- Arms Race

- Assassination

- Alsace lorraine

- Kaiser Wilhelm II

- Crises

All these points lead up to WWII, some were more important than others but it is completely dependent on your opinion. The Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand was just the tip over the edge for the beginning of WW1 but i am sure even if that didn't happen something else would have made it happen.

The assassination was of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, by the rebel group the Black Hand. It was the spark of World War 1

On the Western Front the two sides were fairly evenly matched. The war became a 'war of attrition'. It was very much a conflict of numbers and of the industrial resources of the two sides. Obviously, this tended to favour the Entente as the war dragged on. Worst of all, perhaps, the machine-gun turned almost every battle into a massacre. The generals on both sides were incompetent and of the lowest calibre that one can imagine. It wasn't till 1918 that the tank was used intelligently.

The Geneva Protocol of 1925 banned the use of gas weapons including mustard types. It was further banned by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993.

Casualties caused by tanks in WW1 were counted with the infantry and artillery casualties.

Trench foot was a common ailment during World War I. It came from wearing shoes that were constantly wet. Trench foot would have been extremely painful until the feet went numb. After that, gangrene would set in.

A tank is a vehicle which is armoured to fight on the front-line. The British invented the tank during World War 1. They got the name tanks from when they were being shipped over to battles. They told people they were water tanks to cover up what they really were. The tanks did have many weaknesses as the British found this out when they first sent them into battle in 1916 as they were sending them into battle one got hit with a shell and was disabled, one broke down and three of the six tanks got bogged but two of them continued their journey towards the enemy lines. The British thought the tanks had been successful in one way this was that they had scared the Germans because they had been disabled straight away, but others were disappointed in their performance. So no they wernt successful in the war and didnt help to win World War 1!

The German's used Zepplins. Zepplin was a German company owned by Count Von Zepplin.

Trenches were long upen 5-foot deep ditches infantry soldiers worked from. They could remain hidden from enemy gunfire, yet peek above the top to fire and the enemy or throw grenades. It allowed officers to move among several soldiers without being exposed to the enemy.

The Battle of Somme gave the world the standard for stupid, wanton and needless slaughter. Overly confident of an rapid advance, the British ordered their soldiers to walk slowly toward the German lines. The Germans who had found out the British game plan and were heavily fortified in their trenches, rained machine gun fire on the approaching British soldiers killing 20,000 and inflicting 60,000 casualties.

A typical infantry soldier at the beginning of the war would train for 12 weeks after enlisting, as the war went on this was reduced due to soldiers urgently being needed on the front line and by the end of the war training was down to around six weeks. :) i hope this helps

He died at war, therefore didn't return to have a job.

Although the Battle of The Somme ended in stalemate, the British learnt many important lessons tactically. By 1917 the British had developed tactics that were more suited to trench warfare, and the Battle Of Arras (April) initially saw important gains. Also it transpired that many shells fired by the Royal Field Artillery at the Somme had not exploded due to poor quality production and this was greatly improved by 1917. The Germans re-organised their defensive line and started to rely on series of concrete pillboxes as a front line defense. The boxes were placed so that there was full machine gun coverage across the front line. This new fortified line was known to the allies "the Hindenburg Line". 1917 saw the Russian revolution leading to the withdrawal of Russia from the War. Germany were able to move its army from the Eastern Front to France and Belgium. The United States entered the war in 1917 (although they weren't fully operational until spring 1918). Recognising that the US could pour huge amounts of manpower to the Western Front, the Germans launched massive attacks in March 1918 initially meeting with success but eventually running out of steam. After this the Allies counter attacked and suddenly after nearly four years of trench warfare, the war became mobile again after the Hindenburg Line was breached. By October 1918, Germany had lost its main ally in the Austro-Hungary empire and eventually were ask the Allies for an Armistice. This was agreed and on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the guns stopped firing.

Soldiers kept warm on the western front using blankets (two per soldier), waterproof capes and fleece gloves. The fleece gloves however caused lice infestations and many soldiers discarded them.

Gas, machine guns and tanks. War always seems to usher in a new era of tech, and this one was no different. Also, trenches were used for the first time - and the last. It was seen as a huge, unsuccessful stalemate.