https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8 Made with whimsy en-us 2021-01-15 20:17:41 UTC 2021-01-28 10:14:48 UTC hello@padlet.com rida159637 https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1107539654 The flamethrower was invented in Germany. ]]> 2021-01-20 20:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1107539654 rida159637 https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1107541641 The first flamethrower is credited to Richard Fiedler. He submitted evaluation models of his Flammenwerfer to the German Army in 1901.]]> 2021-01-20 20:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1107541641 rida159637 https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1135488537 The birth of the modern flamethrower, a psychological weapon of WWI. French troops use flamethrowers to flush out German positions in the town of Cantigny, France.]]> 2021-01-28 09:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1135488537 rida159637 https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1135489457
The basic idea of a flamethrower is to spread fire by launching burning fuel.  On July 30, 1915, flamethrowers were used effectively against British positions to flush soldiers out of their trenches and into the open. The flamethrower, like poison gas, was a psychologically terrifying weapon, leading to its use by the German Army in more than 300 battles in the war.]]> 2021-01-28 09:43:25 UTC https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1135489457 rida159637 https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1135491679 The most notable modern example of a flamethrower being used against another person was in 2014, when it was used as an execution tool by North Korea against its Deputy Minister of Public Safety.]]> 2021-01-28 09:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rida159637/vvg8hxdy01hzmty8/wish/1135491679