Western Front Vs Ww1

During the Great War, there were various fronts that battles took place, the Western and the Eastern being the main ones. On the Western front one example is the Battle of Somme which took place in France in 1916. The Battle of Somme, fought between the British and the Germans, is one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the Great War. The reading we looked over in class called “Voices from the Battle of the Somme,” had original testimonies from young soldiers, or just young civilians fighting for their country describing the terrible sights they saw. The battles on the Western front were many trench war combats which lead to a stalemate. In comparison, the battles on the Eastern front were also extremely bloody and no better than the Western …show more content…
Never before had any war seen any technology like World War I accumulated. To start off, tanks were a major part of the Great War, especially in the Battle of the Somme I discussed previously. Tanks are large contraptions that hold men that shoot a large machine gun from the inside. They contain chain like wheel that make them easy to navigate through winters or any type of weather. In addition, machine guns became a major hit in the Great War. This provided rapid shots for the man protecting himself and were extremely convenient. Another major advancement in World War I was the use of submarines. Submarines were also known as U-Boats in the Great War and held torpedoes to sink ships of the enemy. The Germans used subs to attack the Lusitania, the British ship that help prestigious Americans, which is one of the reason’s the US joined the war toward the end. In addition, aircrafts were a huge development for war. Aircrafts had just been invented by the Wright brothers, so the aircrafts were dangerous, but affective to see movement of the enemy in the sky. The last advancement of technology that was a major part in the Great War was the use of laughing and mustard gas. This was huge because it could kill many people at once to clear or force people out of an area. All of these technologies made the war something that each country was not prepared for except for the US. US’s leader, John Pershing recognized this war was unlike any war before. He prepared his troops with proper trench, tanks, and gas training before placing his troops in the dangerous Great War. In contrast, Russia suffered greatly in the Great War because of their lack of industrialization. Their original plan was to outnumber the enemy, but they lacked proper supplies to fight in World War I which resulted them leaving the war in March of