War in the Skies and on the Seas
by
jakestoll12
Last updated 9 years ago
Discipline:
Social Studies Subject:
World War I
Grade:
11


War in the Skies and on the Seas
Total of 117 types of planes.First war with air warefare
-The Fokker Scourge -German plane -First fighter plane in history with an “interrupter gear”. This meant a machine gun could be fired through the propeller of the ww1 aircraft without hitting the rotating blades.
"Bloody April"245 Planes200 Pilots100 Prisoners
German U-Boats(Under sea boat)
-Extremely effective-Merchant ships-Destroyed 50% of British ships
http://ww1facts.net/war-at-sea/ww1-submarines/http://ww1facts.net/war-at-sea/ww1-ships/http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/bombers_zeppelins.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_warfare_of_World_War_Ihttp://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/redbaron.htm
Sea Mines-Under the surface-sit there for someone to hit it-last for months
Zeppelin Balloons-Full of Helium-Flammable-Used mostly for a look out-Made air warefare more difficult
Sea Battles
Red BaronManfred Von RichthofenGerman pilotTop Ace80 air combat victories
Jasta 2Jasta 11Jagdgeschwader 1
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