AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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Airplane
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Tank
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Chemical Weapons
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Grenades
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Detailed explanation-1: -Barbed wire and machine-guns stopped many Allied attacks with heavy casualties in 1915 and early 1916. The British turned to armoured vehicles as one way to cross No Man’s Land and break through the enemy trench system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Grenades were ideal weapons for trench warfare, they could be thrown into enemy positions before troops entered them.
Detailed explanation-3: -The tank was developed as a means to break the stalemate on the Western Front in World War I. Military technology of the time favored the defense. Even if an attack did succeed, it was almost impossible to exploit the breach before the enemy rushed in reinforcements to stabilize the front.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.