Zeppelin

Poison Gas

Zeppelins were big blimp-like structures. Germans introduced these intim-

Germany introduced poison gas. In

idating air strikers. They would drop

WWI, they used it against the French

bombs, and the first raid was against

in Belgium. This fatally devastated the

Lon-

Allies until they strategized against it.

Convoys

U Boats

Convoys were a counter to the German U-

U boats were introduced by Germa-

Boat. It was a group of British ships that help

ny. They are basically submarines.

avoid the sinking of a ship sailing alone. Instead

of one ship alone, convoys were groups of
ships that if one did get sunk, the Allied forces

could counter with the other ships.

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They also caused havoc by sinking

enemy supply ships.

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Automatic
Machine Gun

Airplane

The airplane in WWI was a huge adThe automatic machine gun was introduced in 1914. It is often depicted on a
tripod, weighing thirty to sixty kilograms. The invention was intended to
help the British, who rejected, So, the
Germans started using this deadly weap-

vancement. Used mainly by the Allies,

the airplane was used for airstrikes.
Bombs were dropped from hand on

these airplanes that had open cockpits.

The Royal Flying Corps was made because of the airplane.

on.

Sources
History.com
Britannica.com
BBC.com