World War I

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of chemical warfare in which
clouds of poisonous mustard gas contributed to the casualties of the war
(Stewart 8).
Unlike previous wars, World War I was fought on the sea and in the
air. This was the first war in which airplanes and zeppelins were used. At
the outbreak of the war, each army had several hundred planes. During the
war, the planes directed shell fire, photographed enemy bases, shot at
troops, dropped leaflets, and battled each other in the air. The Germans
used the zeppelin for observation and for bombing raids ( Young World Book
370). The submarine came into use for the first time on a large scale
during World War I. The Germans speeded up production of submarines in an
effort to control the bottom of the sea. These U-boats (short for
unterseebooten or “undersea” boats) were valuable weapons for Germans
(McGowen 52). The German submarine fleet threatened British naval
supremacy. The U-boats had little trouble getting from German ports to the
waters of the ...

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