AQWF Trench Journal - Battlefield Orders

In World War I a 3" mortar is essentially a short, stumpy tube designed to fire a projectile at a steep angle so that it falls straight down on the enemy. The mortar was used to get revenge or kill the enemies on the opposite side of the trenches. When you know that an enemy is in the opposite trench but you just can't see them, you can launch the mortar and kill or paralyze them.

The flamethrower sometimes was used to shoot out liquid gases or flames. It was used to help kill people without you having to leave your trench. Even though you are able to use the flamethrower it doesn't mean that is the only thing you should use during the war. You have other tools to use so you should use them.

While early aircraft pilots were unarmed, they began to used handheld weapons and even throwing spears to attack other aircraft enemies. As the war continued, technological advances were made, one being machine guns equipped onto the air carfts themselves by the interrupter gear, which was a German invention that allowed a machine gun to be mounted right behind the propeller so the pilot could fire directly ahead, along the plane's flight path, making it a little easier to fire at targets.

A weapon that was a serious threat in the Great War was the submarine. The United Kingdom relied heavily on imports to feed its population and supply its war industry, and the German navy hoped to starve and weaken Britian armies by using U-boats, a type of submarine used in the war to attck merchant ships.

Machine guns are usually designed to fire rifle cartidges typically at one hundred rounds per minute. They are used to fire at enemies more rapidly than you could manually. Each individual soldier was given a gun and they used it more than any other items they had because when they went on the front and had to perform a quick reaction to one of the enemies you would not use the flamethrower you would use the machine gun.

Tanks are made of heavy armor as well as a high degree of mobiliy that gave it survivability, while the tracks allow it to cross even rough terrain at high speeds. They were invented to break the deadlock of the trenches and was enabling troops to cross a certain area.

No Man's Land is a term used by soldiers to describe the ground between the two opposing trenches. In World War I tear gas and the severe mustard gas were the most posionous gas there were. The killing capacity gas was limited to 4% of combat deaths. Gases were part of the soldier's major fears and they didn't want to leave the trenches becuase of the gas. Since World War I was a war with the use of high explosives it gave rise to an occasionally expressed view of World War I as "The Chemists War."

Red Baron was an airplane flyer who was known for flying a blazing red airplane and shoot down plane after plane in World War I. His achievements made him both a hero and a propaganda tool. He was famous for the fact that he was credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories. He died of a single .303 bullet that caused such severe damage to his heart and lungs.

The Schlieffen Plan was to win a two-front war quickly by winning in the West again before the Russian Steamroller would be able to mobilize and attack East Prussia. Due to the French's counterattack, the plan failed because of the French counter plan. In his death, it caused the Austria-Hungary to stamp its authority onto the Serbians, for they believed it was the Serbian government that implicated the death of Aarchduke Franz Ferdinand.

Helen Burrey was fascinated by all the advances for the patients in the trains as well as hospitals. She also worked with gassed patients in a train when they were separated from each other on the train.

Trench used in France during World War IIn some way, Pal battalions were effective for they boosted moral within people, when surrounded by friends and people they knew. Though it was ineffective in some ways becuase multitudes of men went forward to die, because they were blinded a little by the fact that they lost a family member, friend, or close companion in the gun fire.