World War I started the twentieth century off with a bang. The war began when Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated by Gavrilo Princip was a nineteen year-old who was a member of the Serbian terrorist group called The Black Hand. The terrorist group requested that if the country had a large population of Serbian peoples that they need to be freed. With the death of the Archduke, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Austria-Hungary also had a promise from Germany that if Russia took action, Germany would interfere. The countries that would be part of the Triple Alliance were Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. The opposing front against the Triple Alliance was the Triple Entente. The Triple Entente was composed of Britain, France, and Russia. Nations assumed war would be short because previous wars lasted several months at most. So the people encouraged the war with posters, parades, and going away parties. The joy of war did not last long because the reality of war sunk in. The world’s top powers went to war with developing technology and tactics.
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The soldiers from different nations became test subjects to the nations developing weapons. For roughly four years the world would be at war. The war’s casualty count soared to almost twenty-six million, according to the book World War I by Hanson W. Allwin. Nations that updated and recreated military vehicles, new weapons, and updated military ideas had an advantage. During the course of the war soldiers barricaded themselves in trenches. The networks of trenches were protected by barbed wire and machine guns; this method of warfare in known as trench warfare. Trench warfare made it difficult for soldiers to try to infiltrate the enemy’s trenches. However, the British created a solution to this problem on September 15, 1916, when the first armored vehicle rolled through no man’s land. This “tank” the British built was kept secret from their allies so no rumors of the vehicle would spread. When the German laid eyes on the slow, rickety machine they were put in awe. Now, countries raced to built the best tank, because the best tank would mean the best chance of getting through the enemy’s defenses. Tanks provided many advantages for the time, “They weighed thirty-two tons and ambled along at a little over three miles per hour. The armament consisted of guns, two on each side firing turrets and two firing forward”. The tanks were armored; this provided some shelter from the oncoming bullets. Maybe, if the tank was lucky it could survive a grenade blast or two without blowing up. Just being able to dodge some bullets would give a nation an advantage. Tanks gave many advantages. They provided movement to heavy duty guns. The use of heavy duty guns was a game changer for all. Turrets shredded through whatever stood in their path of fire. It did not matter if it was to get past barbed wire when infiltrating enemies’ trenches. Before the armored vehicles appeared on the battlefield, soldiers that made it across no-man 's land had yet another struggle, barbed wire. This source of defense, barbed wire, was many yards wide and yards high. Soldiers could either cut their way through or crawled underneath. With an assist from tanks barbed wire stood no chance as the thirty ton tank slowly pulled at it. Not only did nation 's’ work on the ground for an advantage, they took to the skies. In the beginning of the war, aircrafts were not as big of a threat as they were towards the …show more content…
Trenches provided shelter from the enimes line of fire. Trenches were generally six feet wide and seven feet deep. This provided some room for the soldiers to spend during down time of the war. Not even to spend leisure time, it was were the soldiers ate, slept, and fought. The same trench were a man probably died, they lived in. Also if the soldiers were lucky they had a dug out to protect themselves. This was a room carved out underground. Some dug outs could be fifteen feet deep or barely under the ground. Like said before, trench warfare had little advantage. It was a miserable environment to be in and the death count was grossly
The soldiers from different nations became test subjects to the nations developing weapons. For roughly four years the world would be at war. The war’s casualty count soared to almost twenty-six million, according to the book World War I by Hanson W. Allwin. Nations that updated and recreated military vehicles, new weapons, and updated military ideas had an advantage. During the course of the war soldiers barricaded themselves in trenches. The networks of trenches were protected by barbed wire and machine guns; this method of warfare in known as trench warfare. Trench warfare made it difficult for soldiers to try to infiltrate the enemy’s trenches. However, the British created a solution to this problem on September 15, 1916, when the first armored vehicle rolled through no man’s land. This “tank” the British built was kept secret from their allies so no rumors of the vehicle would spread. When the German laid eyes on the slow, rickety machine they were put in awe. Now, countries raced to built the best tank, because the best tank would mean the best chance of getting through the enemy’s defenses. Tanks provided many advantages for the time, “They weighed thirty-two tons and ambled along at a little over three miles per hour. The armament consisted of guns, two on each side firing turrets and two firing forward”. The tanks were armored; this provided some shelter from the oncoming bullets. Maybe, if the tank was lucky it could survive a grenade blast or two without blowing up. Just being able to dodge some bullets would give a nation an advantage. Tanks gave many advantages. They provided movement to heavy duty guns. The use of heavy duty guns was a game changer for all. Turrets shredded through whatever stood in their path of fire. It did not matter if it was to get past barbed wire when infiltrating enemies’ trenches. Before the armored vehicles appeared on the battlefield, soldiers that made it across no-man 's land had yet another struggle, barbed wire. This source of defense, barbed wire, was many yards wide and yards high. Soldiers could either cut their way through or crawled underneath. With an assist from tanks barbed wire stood no chance as the thirty ton tank slowly pulled at it. Not only did nation 's’ work on the ground for an advantage, they took to the skies. In the beginning of the war, aircrafts were not as big of a threat as they were towards the …show more content…
Trenches provided shelter from the enimes line of fire. Trenches were generally six feet wide and seven feet deep. This provided some room for the soldiers to spend during down time of the war. Not even to spend leisure time, it was were the soldiers ate, slept, and fought. The same trench were a man probably died, they lived in. Also if the soldiers were lucky they had a dug out to protect themselves. This was a room carved out underground. Some dug outs could be fifteen feet deep or barely under the ground. Like said before, trench warfare had little advantage. It was a miserable environment to be in and the death count was grossly