https://padlet.com/0068046/wmdds1qp45nstibt Padlet Research Task en-us 2021-11-15 01:14:10 UTC 2025-05-10 13:43:45 UTC hello@padlet.com 0068046 https://padlet.com/0068046/wmdds1qp45nstibt/wish/1898406383 Modern industrialised weapons heavily impacted how the war was fought during 1914-1918. This primary source (newspaper article) represents an example of a modern weapon of mass destruction used throughout the war. It provided useful information about how tanks were used in trench warfare. Modern warfare uncovered more advanced strategies because of newer military technology. Tanks were stronger and more durable than enemies armed with guns shown in the photo in the article above. They were able to move as fast and warfare was not simple. Tanks would build strong defensive networks and it helped allies advance to the enemy's trenches. Tanks changed World War One into a more serious and harder battle. This answers my question on how modern weapons. In the writer's opinion, the source suggests tanks was the key to victory. "Not only that they have broken down defences that otherwise would be impregnable, but they've saved thousands of lives."]]> 2021-11-18 02:06:11 UTC https://padlet.com/0068046/wmdds1qp45nstibt/wish/1898406383 0068046 https://padlet.com/0068046/wmdds1qp45nstibt/wish/1904947905 This is a secondary source of an article that thoroughly explains the effect and cause of industrialized weapons in WW1. The complicity of new industrial weapons created a struggle for new military strategy. While everyone perceives World War One as soldiers climbing out of their trenches and crossing no man's land to advance to the enemy's trenches. It confirms this was true. But the source also explains that it was also the industrialized weapons that caused these trenches to appear as a consequence. Many modern weapons were identified in the article. Navy submarines at U-boat campaign, chemical warfare. Machine guns on the battlefields, planes and war in the air. The impact of these military weapons made Warfare impossible to be won. "The power of defensive weapons made winning the war on the western front all but impossible for either side." The key difference between modern World War and old fashion is that the influence of new industrialised weapons made the war last longer. Due to the potential of these weapons, a huge number of casualties were from the war. "One of the saddest facts about World War I is that millions died needlessly ..." This was a long term effect.]]> 2021-11-22 00:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/0068046/wmdds1qp45nstibt/wish/1904947905 0068046 https://padlet.com/0068046/wmdds1qp45nstibt/wish/1908081801 This is a secondary source that summarises the battle of the Somme. The battle of the Somme was one of the deadliest and bloodiest battles on the Western front. The battle was so deadly because of the involvement of military technology. The way weapons were fought in the war forced soldiers to tremble into fear. Artilieries filled with high explosive shells, inflicted the most deaths on the battlefield. The fourth British army ordered 60,000 soldiers to cross no man's land at a 'steady pace'. The military equipment had disadvantaged the soldiers because of 30kg of equipment and infantry while the enemies have artilleries. “The infantryman was so heavily laden that he could not move faster than a walk.”The war was so oppressive and difficult and nobody was winning. The war strategy changed. Soldiers had to resort to defence and resources. "Douglas Haig adopted the attrition method of limited advances aimed to wear down the German strength."This was now a battle of attrition. This supports my inquiry question because military weapons changed the way war strategies developed onwards.]]> 2021-11-23 10:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/0068046/wmdds1qp45nstibt/wish/1908081801