Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Why did Germany go to such lengths to destroy British power?

Germany had a lot obstacles in its path for world domination, and Great Britain was the gauntlet. Great Britain was the most powerful naval fleet in its time, and Germany's only way to transport its havoc, was by shipment. Germany had a hard time stopping its foe, and always got let down. Britain was just to advance for them. Britain also had many countries under its name, and they could call many men in those countries and the numbers would rock Germany's number anytime.

Global War.

WWI was not always fought in the Western or Eastern front of Europe. What people do not know is that it was fought all over the world, thats how it got its name, "World War." Germany and the Kaiser had a mentally of world domination, so they set off with their battleships and crossed around the globe to seek havoc and a change to control different parts of the world. The British, However, had the superior naval fleet, and seek and destroyed German attempts. Battles where fought in places, people never thought of having. For example, the southern part of South America, different parts of Africa, and in the Pacific, against the Japanese. This war was fought everywhere, and people should know that it wasn't just Europe fighting for freedom, but the whole world had to fight too.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Weapons in WWI

World War I was the war where everything changed from tactics, clothing, and the most important thing in battle, weapons. Each nation built and created their own style of weaponry for different situation. The most well known, common weapon is the Gewehr 98 riffle with the bayonet. The bayonet played a huge role in close combat battles, and to intimidate the enemy. The 1914 machine gun is a very effective piece of metal. When infantry run into what is known as No Mans Land, the 1914 machine gun will mow down any soul in sight. The machine gun needed four to six soldiers to operate successfully. They would overheat very quickly, so machine gunners would have to rely on air cooling, or water cooling. The mortars was a grenade launcher. It was a very light, easy to take around, and effective launcher. Soldiers can easily carry around to a close enough position to shoot the grenade to its destination.