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Literature Circles Chapter 17

World War I Discussion Forum-In this discussion forum, you must simply answer the following question and reply to at least 2 classmates answers. The questions is quite simply: What is the most important item from World War I? Your answers could include battles, people, events, etc...but must be from the time period of World War I and must impact the War in some way, shape, or form.

Maddy- The whole World War was a chaotic mess because the technological advances of each country was paired with extremely out dated fighting techniques. Soldiers still wore bright colors to show the difference between sides and the commanders were always hesitant to use the emerging weapons, or used them to a disadvantage to themselves due to a lack of experience. Many say that the "arms race" before the World War did not effect the war at all, but the facts tend to differ. The armies were at a standstill for days upon end as neither side could gain an advantage because enemies could be knocked off at far distances with less self sacrafice, In addition, the "arms race" proved to heighten the tensions in england as each country prepared itself for the "inevitable" war. England would not have been so highly charged if the sides did not try to out do the next in weaponry and military force.

Katie- I semi-agree haha. I don't remember ever seeing pictures or videos of soldiers in bright uniforms. If you have pictures in your glog, then obviously I'm wrong! But I do agree with how both sides handled new weaponry. There is plenty of evidence backing it. They didn't know how to use the tanks, the Germans blew toxic gas in their own faces, and the Allies didn't take the advantage of the machine gun until after the war started.