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Feb 25, 2016 · Quantico was established for the purpose of training Marines, especially officers, to fight in the first world war, when trench warfare was at its height. Marine Corps Base Quantico -- Near the modern-day golf course on Marine Corps Base Quantico, remnants of the trenches dug for training during WWI can be seen.
Jan 15, 2014 · Marines reinforce a training trench aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico circa 1918. During the base’s earliest days, about 30,000 Marines were trained in trench warfare and other combat skills at Quantico before being sent to fight in World War I. Photo by Photo courtesy Quantico Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs. Download. Details ...
L. Prang & Co. Map Of N. Eastern Virginia And Vicinity Of Washington. 1862. U.S. War Department, Topographical Engineers. 1:63k. Strategic War Points of the United States no.1: Country Road Washington. 1861. J. Wyld. Brook Farm to Cedar Mountain in the War of the Great Rebellion, 1861-62.
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Naval warfareduring World War I depended on the types of vessels engaged. Tactics covered: 1. large-scale engagements, such as the Battle of Jutlandbetween the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet and Imperial Germany's High Seas Fleet in 1916 2. single-ship engagements, such as the Battle of Cocosbetween HMAS Sydney and SMS Emden in 1914
The character of warfare changed a great deal between Australia's involvement in the South African (Second Boer) War and World War I. The changes were driven by: 1. advances in technology 2. guerrilla warfare tactics in the South African War 3. large number of countries involved 4. length of the war 5. vast distances between the theatres of war The...
Field artillery
Before the war, modernisation of artillery focused on indirect fire. A gunner could fire a projectile at a target using calculations for angle and distance, instead of relying on direct sight between the gun and the target. Effective indirect fire needed: 1. coordinates for the target's location (from aerial photographs or ground surveys) 2. accurate gun orientation 3. optimal conditions (muzzle velocity, zero wind, air temperature, air density) Over longer distances, the precision of this ar...
Heavy guns
Heavy field guns and naval guns had been developed before the war that could engage balloons and planes at high altitudes. Anti-aircraft artillery fire was used to protect kite balloons, which were easy targets for enemy aircraft. By the end of the war, deadly planes were used against ground forces. Mounted machine-guns on the ground were effectively used against diving and low-flying aircraft.
Artillery intelligence
Gathering data on the location of enemy targets was critical for effective artillery work on the battlefield. Important sources of intelligence included: 1. aeroplane observation 2. aerial photography 3. balloon observation 4. captured documents 5. flash spotting 6. ground observers (artillery, light horsemen) 7. patrols 8. secret agents 9. sound ranging 10. wireless intercepts
Death rates from gas attacks were quite low compared to other weapons used on the Western Front. But the physical effects of gas on soldiers could be excruciating. The terror of a possible gas attack had a strong psychological effect on the soldiers on both sides. Chemical warfare in some form had been practised since ancient times. At the outbreak...
Armoured cars
Many countries produced armoured vehicles during the war. Cars were mostly used for reconnaissance, infantry fire support and missions behind enemy lines. Many cars did not cope well off-road, so they were of limited used on the Western Front battlefields. They were more useful on the Eastern Front. Poor designs reduced the usefulness of armoured cars in combat. Some open-top vehicles made the crew vulnerable to attack. Some were too small to carry the artillery crew needed to operate the hea...
Bicycles
Cyclists were organised like infantry and mainly used as dispatch riders during the war. Sometimes they were used in a role similar to the mounted troops when they did reconnaissance and patrols. The Australian Cycling Corpswas formed in 1916 and served in Egypt, France and Belgium. The Australian War Memorial holds a detailed account of life in the Cycling Corps, told through the war diaries of Captain Jack Hindhaugh.
Mounted units
After the South African (Second Boer) War, the British Army reduced its reliance on mounted units in combat.
Aeroplanes
One of the biggest technological advances in the war was the modification of planes for military use. At first, aeroplanes were not armed. Both sides used planes for observation of enemy positions. Aircrews were trained in artillery spotting and photography. Troops in photography darkrooms supported the work of the flying squadrons. They processed films and photographs that were used to improve or develop maps of the enemy lines. Instances of air-to-air combat increased within a few months of...
Airships
British, French and German forces used airships for scouting (spotting artillery) and tactical bombing early in the war. Even though they were vulnerable to attack, the Germans continued to use them until August 1918.
World War I soldiers created underground art in the trenches. Trapped in beneath the ground by trench warfare, the soldiers of the Great War left their mark in subterranean works of art.
Oct 26, 2017 · Note by President Woodrow Wilson about the Armistice, November 11, 1918. In the October 2017 issue of Social Education, the journal of the National Council for the Social Studies, our “Sources and Strategies” article features two manuscript documents from individuals with very different responses to the armistice that ended the major fighting of World War I.
This is a list of the last known surviving veterans of the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) who lived to 1999 or later, along with the last known veterans for countries that participated in the war. Veterans are defined as people who were members of the armed forces of the combatant nations during the conflict, although some states use other definitions.
