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Friday, October 2, 2009
In The Trenches
Volume 1: Issue 4
Artillery
The boom of cannons is what made a soldier quiver in ww1, the heavy howitzers would destroy the battlefield and make it filled with crater holes. The artillery emplacements were the farthest back trench in the network of trenches, making them out of range for the enemies cannons. Soon, after the battle of Ypres the Howitzers would fire gas shells as well like the infamous mustard gas. Artillery was also fired before a large attack, which was a bad idea because the enemy could hide in their dugout and then when the shelling was over they would kill the attacking infantry trying to get threw the mangled battlefield. All in all the Artillery piece was just another thing to add the the horrors of World War 1.
Artillery
The boom of cannons is what made a soldier quiver in ww1, the heavy howitzers would destroy the battlefield and make it filled with crater holes. The artillery emplacements were the farthest back trench in the network of trenches, making them out of range for the enemies cannons. Soon, after the battle of Ypres the Howitzers would fire gas shells as well like the infamous mustard gas. Artillery was also fired before a large attack, which was a bad idea because the enemy could hide in their dugout and then when the shelling was over they would kill the attacking infantry trying to get threw the mangled battlefield. All in all the Artillery piece was just another thing to add the the horrors of World War 1.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
In The Trenches
Issue 3: Volume 1:
Sea Battle At Jutland
The battle of Jutland taking place in the sea was fought between the Royal British Navy and the German Navy. The Germans created a plan to destroy the fleet by sending 100 small ships to lure the navy out and then the larger fleet would destroy them. BUT, the Germans didn't know that the British were reading and decoding their messages since 1914, so the British sent out their WHOLE fleet and engaged the Germans. Strangly the Battlecruisers that were suppossed to be invincible were proven not. Quickly into the battle 3 were destroyed including the Queen Mary. The British lost more than the German but both side encountered Terrible losses, and the Germans Fleet never went out to sea again, they relied on their U-boats to stop the shipping.
Sea Battle At Jutland
The battle of Jutland taking place in the sea was fought between the Royal British Navy and the German Navy. The Germans created a plan to destroy the fleet by sending 100 small ships to lure the navy out and then the larger fleet would destroy them. BUT, the Germans didn't know that the British were reading and decoding their messages since 1914, so the British sent out their WHOLE fleet and engaged the Germans. Strangly the Battlecruisers that were suppossed to be invincible were proven not. Quickly into the battle 3 were destroyed including the Queen Mary. The British lost more than the German but both side encountered Terrible losses, and the Germans Fleet never went out to sea again, they relied on their U-boats to stop the shipping.
Monday, July 20, 2009
In the Trenches
Volume 1
Issue 2
Dread Trenches:
WW1 unlike WW2 was fought in trenches, more like a muddy hole. People would drown in them or be buried when dirt would fly up from a shell nearby. The high command was unaware of their soldiers suffering since they were in a nice home with plenty of food. The war was virtually a stalemate with battles going good and bad for both sides. One of those battles, Verdun cost more than 500,000 lives, but that wasn't the worst. Some cost 1,000,000 lives. Even when the Americans joined the Allies it was still hard going because the U.S. was not accustomed to trench warfare. Small bunkers were made under the ground but they would collapse if a shell landed on them. There were a lot of rats, but that was the least of the soldiers problem. Diseases spread fast and people got Gangrene. Trenchfoot was common as well. On the Eastern front the warfare was more of movement instead of trenches. The horrors of trench warfare ended in 1919 but even worse kinds of warfare would start in 1939.
Issue 2
Dread Trenches:
WW1 unlike WW2 was fought in trenches, more like a muddy hole. People would drown in them or be buried when dirt would fly up from a shell nearby. The high command was unaware of their soldiers suffering since they were in a nice home with plenty of food. The war was virtually a stalemate with battles going good and bad for both sides. One of those battles, Verdun cost more than 500,000 lives, but that wasn't the worst. Some cost 1,000,000 lives. Even when the Americans joined the Allies it was still hard going because the U.S. was not accustomed to trench warfare. Small bunkers were made under the ground but they would collapse if a shell landed on them. There were a lot of rats, but that was the least of the soldiers problem. Diseases spread fast and people got Gangrene. Trenchfoot was common as well. On the Eastern front the warfare was more of movement instead of trenches. The horrors of trench warfare ended in 1919 but even worse kinds of warfare would start in 1939.
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