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New Technology in World War I

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Seeing the Big Picture

World War I witnessed rapid technological advances that affected the outcome of the war – as well as how wars were waged for many years to come.

Making your matches will reveal an excerpt of an American soldier’s letter. Read his eyewitness account to learn what it was like to be in the war, surrounded by these new weapons.

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Match the documents up according to six new military technologies used in WWI:

  • Tanks
  • Chemical warfare or Poison gas
  • Fortified trenches (including barbed wire, concrete, etc.)
  • Airplanes (Airplanes were used in war before, but WWI was the first major conflict in which their use was widespread.)
  • Machine guns
  • Submarines
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