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WWI key vocab
World War I Key Vocabulary: Weapons and Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ace | pilots who shot down five enemy planes. Most famous was Baron von Richtoffen (Red Baron) of Germany and Eddie Rickenbacker of America |
| AEF | American Expeditionary Force. Fought on the Western Front from 1917 to 1918. Led by General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing |
| Airplanes | used mainly for scouting enemy ground forces. Later used as fighters (attack other planes) or as bombers. Most planes of WWI were wooden biplanes (2 wings) |
| Artillery | cannons. Long range weapons that were used to break up enemy infantry in trenches |
| Barbed Wire | a defensive implement. Steel coils that were meant to snare soldiers as they crossed no-man’s land |
| Bayonet | the long knife fixed at the end of a rifle. Used for thrusting at the enemy |
| Doughboys/Yanks | the nickname given to Americans by the British army |
| Fatherland | what the Germans called their country (patriotic term) |
| Flares | launched into the sky to light up the battlefield at night |
| (The) Front | the battle line where allied and central powers faced off |
| Gas Warfare | chemical weapons used against soldiers. Mustard Gas was the most common type. I;;egal by war’s end |
| Grenade | a small, hand-held explosive thrown by foot soldiers (infantry) |
| Lafayette Escadrille | American volunteer fighter pilots who flew for the French before we entered the war |
| Machine Gun | rapid fire guns. A new weapon of WWI that accounted for the most casualties (dead, wounded) |
| No-Man’s Land | the area lying between opposing trenches where most fighting occurred |
| “Over The Top” | an expression used when soldiers would climb out of their trench to attack the enemy |
| Tanks | new weapon first used by the British at the Battle of Somme. Armored vehicles which carried cannons and machine guns (but were unreliable in WWI) |
| Trench | a long ditch from which soldiers would defend their share of the “front” |
| U-Boat | an underwater vessel that used torpedoes to attack merchant and military ships |
| “Zero Hour” | expression meaning the time of the attack (Countdown 4-3-2-1-0) |
| Zeppelin | large German blimps filled with Hydrogen. Could carry bombs to London, England. Favorite target of Allied aircraft |
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