WW1 Practices

War on land

1. Marne Sept 1914 - Stopped Schlieffen, Two Fronts
2. Verdun 1916 - German failure, ¾ French Rotation, 3:1 vs 1:1
3. Somme 1916, Most casualties, Drew attention South
4. Brusilov 1916, Two fronts, Drew Attention West, Brest-Litovsk 1917 gave land that had to be occupied (resources and 1,000,000 men)
5. Allied Weakness includes A-H at Vittorio Veneto 1918. Loss of oil field from Ottomans as a result of Arab Revolt 1916-18

War on Sea

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* Falkland Islands 1914
* Tests UK, fails
* Timid testing of waters
* Jutland 1916
* Plan of drawing out dreadnoughts fails
* Scheer retreats when he could have won
* U Boats 1914-16
* Failed to block ports
* Lusitania
* Redo of Unrestricted U Boat campaign 1917
* US entry

Strategy

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* Marne 1914
* Schlieffen Plan failed, two front war
* Peace offensive 1918
* Shock troops and tanks too fast for artillery
* Army is finished - Ludendorff
* Entente new to keep it slow, destroyed Germany
* Jutland 1916
* Scheer Retreated with upper hand
* Convoy System
* Won against U Boats
* Germans were starved

Technology

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* Attrition and defensive weapons determined war
* Tanks proven at Cambrai 1917, used in counter-offensive 1918
* Jutland 1916
* Deciphering resulted in British naval supremacy
* Anti-U Boat
* Depth charges 1915
* Sonar, echo ranging 1918
* U Boat nets

Mobilisation

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* UK and French colonies: Labour, Soldiers and Resources, 8.5 million troops
* UK Mob was effective, German Mob was not
* Ger: Agriculture fell 10%
* 3:1
* GER: 83 MIL, 2 CIV
* Brit: 62 MIL, 16 CIV
* US entry 1917
* $7.7 Billion loans
* 450 transport ships
* Supplies
* 2 million troops by end
* Rate of 300,000 a month