Trench Warfare

1. Kaiser: ___________________________ • - Europeans on both sides of the conflict thought the war would be very short • - 1914-1918 instead—“________________” or WW1 - November 14 – ______________ : deadlock in which neither side is strong enough to defeat the other takes place when Germany advances counterattack- The two sides fought 3 years & created mazes of ______________ protected by _______________ • Soldiers spend day after day shelling enemy trenches • - An attack begun with hours of heavy artillery _________ • - Then groups charged (under orders from their officer) “_____________of trenches • - Soldiers with rifles would race across “__________________” to attack the enemy • - If lucky – may _______________a few trenches • - Before long enemy would launch a _____________________with similar results • - Constant struggle lasted back & forth over a few hundred ___________of territory Trench Warfare • New weapon was gas: ________________________________ • Clouds floated into & flooded trenches, _________& __________soldiers • Most offensives: _________________________were long & deadly • - ________________________: lasted 10 months in 1916. • - ______________lost 400,000 men trying to overrun French lines & France lost even more • - In the East, German & ______________________ armies faced off against ___________& Serbia What’s this called? __________________