World War I Was A War - 1743 Words

World War I was a war fought between the Allies and the Central Powers in 1914 through 1918. This was the first international war in the twentieth century and possibly the most deadliest war since. Every country was bringing out their finest advanced weaponry and their most strategic methods to succeed. All of the new advanced weaponry and strategies had a huge impact on the way the war was fought. The soldiers entered the war with horses and simple rifles, but left the war with tanks, flamethrowers, machine guns, and even technology like poisonous gas. With all this new technology impacting World War I, the Allies and Central Powers had to create new strategies/technology to fight and defend with, the inhumane methods of killing people†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Å"The first, the front-line trench (or firing-and-attack trench), was located from 50 yards to 1 mile from the German s front trench. Several hundred yards behind the front-line trench was the support trench, with me n and supplies that could immediately assist those on the front line. The reserve trench was dug several hundred yards further back and contained men and supplies that were available in emergencies should the first trenches be overrun.† (Bagget and Jay) Germans also took advantage of trenches and created multiple types of trenches to help them win the war. They were ready for any attack/possibility of invasion and were trying to use trenches as strategically as they could. Trenches would cause damage to nature and the area around it. Imagine how after the war with trenches, there would be multiple tunnels just engraved in the ground and it would of destroyed all the life in that soil and around it. During the war, the sides would use artillery on each other s trenches so they had to keep on expanding their trenches and making new ones. The artillery would further destruction and cause many craters around the trenches. The way trenches would cause people to get sick was probably not a concern to the forces when creating them. Think about what would happen if soldiers had to sleep and stay in muddy, wet, and dirty trenches twenty-four-seven. When their clothes got wet they wouldn t have always have spare uniforms and they would have t o fight with