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A Bloody Stalemate - Coggle Diagram
A Bloody Stalemate
why Germany attacked France first
Schlieffen Plan
wanted to knock out France, then focus on Russia
Russia lagged behind in Europe
take out France, rush over to Russia and take them out
France wasn't taken out, leaving the plan in ruins
Technological Innovations
Academic and Industrial Scientists were called on both sides to further the war effort.
Quick developments
Germans developed chemical weapons like poinson gas
France and Great Britain developed their own chemical weapons for attacking and protecting
guns that could fire multiple rounds
Increased # of casualties
War in the skies
fighter planes were devloped
Treatment development
Soldiers were now given treatment on the field
Mobile X-rau units made it possible to find bullets and shrapnel in wounds
safer ways of storing blood were developed, resulting in blood banks
other things developed from this too, such as new reconstructive surgical techniques, prosthetic limbs, and rehabilitation
As a result, mamy soldiers survived, even with their serious innjuries