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A Bloody Stalemate - Coggle Diagram
A Bloody Stalemate
Technological Innovations
Guns developed
Could fire over a great distance
Could fire multiple rounds
Increased casualties
German chemists developed chemical weapons
Poison gas
France/Great Britain developed chemical weapons/defenses in response
Fighter planes developed
Took the war to the sky
Increased casualties
Medical advancements
Mobile x-rays
Helped find bullets in wounds
Given initial treatment on the battlefield
Later moved to an ambulance
Blood was able to be stored safely
Blood banks
Reconstructive surgeries advanced
Prosthetic limbs advanced
The Conflict Grinds Along
The German officer who designed it
German leaders knew they needed to win a quick victory over France
The Germans felt they could carry out such a plan because Russia lagged behind the rest of Europe in its railroad system
The plan called for attacking and quickly defeating France in the west
Germany had developed a battle strategy known as the Schlieffen Plan, named after Alfred von Schlieffen
War in the trenches
Miles of parallel trenches were dug
Used for protection
Trenches only made the war last longer and bring more fatalities
Both sides had little to gain but lost vast amounts of troops
Trench life was misery
No fresh food
mud floors
Swarmed with rats
Unbreathable air
Bodies would fill up trenches
Between the trenches was known as "no mans land"
Officers sent many troops with little land gain
Attacking forces were met with constant gunfire
The bombed terrain was filled with shrapnel and barbed wire