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WW I: 1915 - Search For New Solutions
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WW I: 1915 - Search For New Solutions |
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"The First World War began as a clash of 20th century technology and 19th century tactics, with inevitably large casualties." World War I: Technology Wikipedia |
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Lesson Objectives
• Understand the tactics employed in the opening months of the war and their incompatibility with the weapon technology of the period. • Understand and be able to discuss the efforts to break the stalemate on the Western Front. • Be able to list and discuss the impact of the new technology employed during the war. • Understand the issues involved with the shift in prospects from a short war to a long war. |
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Study Guides
• Describe the character and conduct of the war on the Western front in 1915. • What major technical innovation was introduced in 1915? What was its impact? • Describe other major technical innovations and improvements that were introduced by both sides throughout the war and discuss their impact. • What was the objective of the Dardanelles Campaign initiated by the British in 1915? Why did it fail? |
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Assignment
Readings: "World War I: The First Three Years" American Military History, Chapter 17 Maurice Matloff (ed) Washington: US Army Center of Military History, 1989 • READ pp. 358-369, down to (but not including) "An End to N eutrality". Battle of Verdun Wikipedia Battle of the Somme Wikipedia Battle of the Somme Annimated Map World War One BBC Supplemental Resources: Peace Without Victory President Woodrow T. Wilson Address to the U.S. Senate, 22 January 1917 German Reichstag Peace Resolution, 19 July 1917 firtstworldwar.com "The Campaigns of 1916" Ronald G. Usher The Story of the Great War New York: The McMillan Company, 1919 NOTE: Overlooking its subtitle, this site provides a comprehensive contemporary summation of the Great War. |
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