Battlefeild Orders

Day 1: May 21, 1914
World War 1 involved many weapons: Rifles, machine guns, gas, Zeppelin, tanks, Planes, and Torpedoes.


Flamethrower- The flamethrower,was first used by the German army in the early phases of the First World War in 1914 and 1915; and was by no means a particularly innovative weapon.
The flamethrower was used to spread fire by launching burning fuel. Flamethrowers took the form of lengthy tubes filled with burning solids (such as coal or sulphur), and which were used in the same way as blow-guns: by blowing into one end of the tube the solid material inside would be propelled towards the operator's enemies.




Tank- used for the first time in world war1 at the Battle of the Somme. They were developed to cope with the conditions on the western Front.


Machine Gun- Machine guns made a great impact on the war, but were hard to use because you needed 4-6 men to work them and had to be on a flat surface. They had the fire-power of 100 guns, and shells exploded on impact.


Submarine- U-boat(submarine) was used by the Germans for anti-commerce actions observed the current"prize rules" which governed the treatment of enemy civilian ships and their occupants. Surface commerce raiders were proving to be ineffective, and on 4 February 1915, the Kaiser assented to the declaration of a war zone in the waters around the British Isles. This was cited as a retaliation for British minefields and shipping blockades. Under the instructions give to U-boat captains, they could sink merchant ships, potentially neutral ones, without warning.


Gas- The German army were the first to use chlorine gas at the battle of Ypres in 1915. Chlorine gas causes a burning sensation in the throat and chest pains. Death is painful - you suffocate! The problem with chlorine gas is that the weather must be right. The Germans took a big risk using this because if the wind is in the wrong direction it could end up killing your own troops rather than the enemy.
Another Gas,Mustard gas was the most deadly weapon used. It was fired into the trenches in shells. It is colourless and takes 12 hours to take effect. Effects include: blistering skin, vomiting, sore eyes, internal and external bleeding. Death can take up to 5 weeks.


"No mans land" is the area of land between two enemy trenches that neither side wishes to openly move on or take control of due to fear of being attacked by the enemy in the process.

The Red Baron

Freiherr Von Richthofen known as Red Baron, was a German pilot and most re known flying ace of World War I. Red Baron was famous for plucking another allied aircraft from the burning French skies of World War 1, adding it to the long list of kills that made him the original ace of aces, with 80 confirmed air victories. On April 21, 1918 Red Baron died; probably at the hands of a Canadian pilot of a Sopwith Camel, Captain A. Roy Brown, though questions persisted as to exactly how the Red Baron died. Richtofen, chasing the plane piloted by Captain Brown and being pursued by a plane piloted by another Canadian, Lieutenant Wilford May, was caught by a bullet fired by one or the other of his assailants as he stood and turned to check the tail of his plane.

Schlieffen Plan

The Schlieffen Plan was the German General Staff's overall strategic plan for victory both on the Western Front against France and against Russia in the east, taking advantage of expected differences in the three countries' speed in preparing for war. It was executed to near victory in the first month of World War I; however, a French counterattack on the outskirts of Paris, the Battle of the Marne (combined with surprisingly speedy Russian offensives), ended the German offensive and resulted in years of trench warfare. The plan has been the subject of debate among historians and military scholars ever since. This plan was in action in 1971.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan

Archduke's assassination

In June 1914 the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo, Serbia served as a catalyst to the world war. The Austro-Hungarian empire wanted to extradite the killer, but Serbia refused.
Once the spark of the Archduke's assassination had lit the fuse, war became virtually inevitable due to the alliance system that the major powers had set up ?- they literally tumbled into war.
Austria mobilized, Serbia mobilized, in response to Austrian mobilization against Serbia, Russia mobilized, in response to Russian mobilization against Austria, Germany mobilized and in response to German mobilization both Britain and France mobilized.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_did_World_War_1_start_and_end

(French trench)

Pal Battalions

The Pals battalions of World War I were units of the British Army that consisted of men who had enlisted together at special local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbours and work colleagues ("pals") rather than having to be mixed in with the regular soldiers of the Army. I think this was a good strategy, because it made the solders more comfortable during the war.