WW1 Assignment
The first article i read was called "The Forgotten Army", which was about the horses and mules used during world war 1 to pull light artillery limbers, wagons and ambulances, to carry supplies, etc. Over a million horses and mulses was were used by the British and Commenwealth alone. 
The article mentioned that more horses would have died than they had lost if it weren't for the Vetrinary Corps. I didnt realize that they had had that so I thought it was pretty interesting. The horses and mules were the back bone of the army because there were no jeeps and tanks like the ones today.
I also learned that seaplanes were succesfully used to sink ships. The Sopwith Pup was a plane that was better for combat however bacause it moved quicker and could go higher. They were able to take down then Zeppelins. The could take off from the decks of ships but unfortunately could not land so they had to land in the sea of on shore and the ships would have to come pick them up.
I also looked at some of the vintage videos...that pre-war london peace rally was insanely crowded. I thought that was pretty cool to be able to see that.
-brainne
The article mentioned that more horses would have died than they had lost if it weren't for the Vetrinary Corps. I didnt realize that they had had that so I thought it was pretty interesting. The horses and mules were the back bone of the army because there were no jeeps and tanks like the ones today.The second article i read was "The War in the Air - Naval Warfare", which was about the seaplanes used in world war 1. Since the technology for aircraft carriers wasn't developed yet they lowered seaplanes off of large ships and when the plane came back it would land near the ship and be lifted back up. I thought that was really interesting bacause i had no idea that they did that during ww1. I think it's pretty clever.
I also learned that seaplanes were succesfully used to sink ships. The Sopwith Pup was a plane that was better for combat however bacause it moved quicker and could go higher. They were able to take down then Zeppelins. The could take off from the decks of ships but unfortunately could not land so they had to land in the sea of on shore and the ships would have to come pick them up.I also looked at some of the vintage videos...that pre-war london peace rally was insanely crowded. I thought that was pretty cool to be able to see that.
-brainne
posted by Anonymous | 8:53 AM
3 Comments:
The articles seem pretty interesting as how they used animals to get their work done as they were used for supplying materials and the ariplanes were used to sink submarines... pretty neat ideas.
It is weird to think how artillery got across the countries back then. I also read "The War in the Air" article and I thought it was cool how airplanes were used to sick ships and such. This article was good for seeing the different battle "techniques."
Hey, nce job incorporating the pictures in your response. I liked the article, too. My favorite was the one about the Lusitania, but I read and looked at the pics in all of them. It is pretty neat to see how things were and stuff back then. See you in school MOnday.
Wesley
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