The Air Phase Of World War I - 910 Words

Everything has a beginning, and these are the firsts of World War One, known as the â€Å"Great war† sadly many lives would later be lost, because of mankind s desire to dominate each other. â€Å"World War One, was the first war to see air combat..† (â€Å"Farmer, Brian†). Airplanes were known to be a technological advancement in the first World War. â€Å"The air phase of World War 1 can best be understood by considering the basic elements of aerial combat: men, machines, and tactics. (â€Å"Farmer, Brian†). As new weapons, planes and technological advances were coming into play in the nineteen hundreds, so did the new aerial tactic known as the â€Å"attack mission.† â€Å"The attack mission came into play in nineteen seventeen, and nineteen eighteen.† (â€Å"Farmer,†¦show more content†¦There were many weapons in the war. Bayonets were used â€Å"chiefly as a psychological weapon.† (â€Å"Michael, Duffy†). Flamethrowers were how â€Å"sheets of flame terrorized the British in nineteen fifteen.† (â€Å"Michael, Duffy†). â€Å"Mills bombs, and jam pots are both forms of grenades.† (†Å"Michael, Duffy†). Grenades were used also, but they were different kinds, â€Å"Mills bomb, and jam pot were just examples. Machine guns were â€Å"how the German army saw its potential before nineteen fourteen.† (â€Å"Michael, Duffy†). Pistols were also used, they were also known as â€Å"the officer s weapon.† (â€Å"Michael, Duffy†). Rifles were known as â€Å"the infantry’s greatest asset.† (â€Å"Michael, Duffy†). Trench mortars were used, and they are also known to be â€Å"an ancient weapon that was given fresh life in the trenches.† (â€Å"Michael, Duffy†). Although poison gas was first used by the French, â€Å"the Germans were the first to take steps toward using the gas at the front.† (â€Å"Decisions: Introducing the poison gas†). The Germans were a tad bit decisive with this poison gas. â€Å"Erich Von Falkenhayn masterminded the battle of Verdun in nineteen sixteen and convened a me eting of scientists in October of nineteen fourteen to discuss gas, and other weapons. Later that month German artillery fired shells with sneezing gas. The gas failed to disperse so the Germans began experimenting with poison gas, hoping for more decisive effects.† (â€Å"Decisions: Introducing poison gas†). Like everything else