AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Question
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Types of weapons used in WW1
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Poison Gas
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machine guns
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airplanes
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all of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Military technology of the time included important innovations in machine guns, grenades, and artillery, along with essentially new weapons such as submarines, poison gas, warplanes and tanks.
Detailed explanation-2: -Their use of advanced artillery, mortars, and machine guns turned battlefields into a “no man’s land” where no one could survive. Mortars were especially effective as a firearm due to the destruction they caused.
Detailed explanation-3: -The First World War saw the first widespread use of both fixed-mount and portable mechanical flamethrowers. Reports first appeared in early 1915 after the Germans deployed the weapon against French forces near Verdun.
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