A New Kind of War11.2 Notes

I. Stalemate on the Western FrontFailures of the Schlieffen Plan

Russia mobilized more quickly than expected

British joined French forces Germany defeated in 1st Battle of the

MarneBoth sides dug trenches to protect

troopsStalemate lasts four years

II. Technology of WWI

Weapons

Poison Gas

Machine

GunArtiller

y

Vehicles

Zeppelins

Airplanes

U-boats- German

Submarines

Tanks

The Western Front

Trench Warfare

Questions

What kinds of problems and conditions do you think people in the trenches had to deal with?

Write you answer in your notes

No Man’s Land

Machine Gun

Tanks

Artillery

Grenades

Poison Gas

Airplanes

Fighting Overseas in Colonies

III. Battle on Other Fronts

Russia losses on the Eastern FrontRussia was least industrialized and

poorly equippedLosses more devastating on Eastern

Front due to more mobile battle lines

The Eastern Front

III. Battle on Other Fronts cont. Ottoman Empire

joins central powers

Turks cut off Russia in the Dardanelles a straight connecting the Black Sea and Mediterranean

T.E. Lawrence or Lawrence of Arabia fought guerrilla war vs. the Turks