War at the Sea and in the Air
summary : The war at the sea and in the air were getting more powerful as they adapted U-boats and machine guns.
World War I: The Air War
-hot air balloons were used for spotting enemies but were weak to ground fire.
-at the beginning, planes were only used to detect enemy movements
-soon, attacking with rifles attached and even later, machine guns.
-with machine guns, "dogfights" - two planes fighting each other
-Zeppelin airships used to drop bombs.
-at the beginning, planes were only used to detect enemy movements
-soon, attacking with rifles attached and even later, machine guns.
-with machine guns, "dogfights" - two planes fighting each other
-Zeppelin airships used to drop bombs.
Ace
-Fighter pilots who shot down five enemy aircraft.
-heroes in their homelands
-a pilot's life was exciting and very dangerous.
-no parachutes for them
-1917, the peak year for dogfights
-the average life expectancy for a Royal Flying Corps(RFC) pilot was 3 weeks
-50 000 pilots dead between 1914 and 1918
-Canadian aces : Billy Bishop, Ray Collishaw, Billy Barker, William May, and Roy Brown.
-heroes in their homelands
-a pilot's life was exciting and very dangerous.
-no parachutes for them
-1917, the peak year for dogfights
-the average life expectancy for a Royal Flying Corps(RFC) pilot was 3 weeks
-50 000 pilots dead between 1914 and 1918
-Canadian aces : Billy Bishop, Ray Collishaw, Billy Barker, William May, and Roy Brown.
The War at Sea
-Germany had U-boat
-successfully disrupted British shipping.
-1915, British passenger liner, Lusitania, was sank, killing 1200 passengers including Canadians and Americans
-April 1917, U-boats started to attack any ship near Britain -> US entered the war
-Later Allies developed tech, detecting U-boats.
-successfully disrupted British shipping.
-1915, British passenger liner, Lusitania, was sank, killing 1200 passengers including Canadians and Americans
-April 1917, U-boats started to attack any ship near Britain -> US entered the war
-Later Allies developed tech, detecting U-boats.