World history/WHME102/World War One/New weapons

Reading

Read the below article, from the Saylor Foundation. As you do so, consider the following questions:

• What was the strategy 'war of attrition'? Was it effective?

• How did new technologies influence the progression of the war?

Saylor Foundation, New Weapons of War, February 2013.

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• I was surprised to learn ...

• The use of poison gas ...

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