WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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spying behind enemy lines
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causing trench warfare
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bombing factories in cities
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shooting down other planes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Aircraft were initially used for reconnaissance to track the movement of enemy troops and often carried cameras to photograph the battlefield. These photographs were later used to study enemy fortifications and transformed into maps for the infantry.
Detailed explanation-2: -At the start of the First World War, aircraft like the B.E. 2 were primarily used for reconnaissance. Due to the static nature of trench warfare, aircraft were the only means of gathering information beyond enemy trenches, so they were essential for discovering where the enemy was based and what they were doing.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first use of airplanes in an actual war occurred in the 1911 Italo-Turkish War with Italian Army Air Corps Blériot XI and Nieuport IV monoplanes bombing a Turkish camp at Ain Zara in Libya.
Detailed explanation-4: -Planes were very dangerous to fly. Any spark would set the wood and canvas on fire. The pilots were so cramped that there was no room for a parachute. So if the plane went down, the pilot died.