world+War+1+ZG

In 1914 War fare took a dramatic change with the use of Artillery guns that were mounted several miles behind the front lines. More people were killed by artillery fire than any other weapon in world war 1. To protect themselves from the artillery batteries the soldiers dug in. World War one was A constant struggle of pushing through enemy Trenches. The machine gun was a new technology and were utilized, these guns were a vital defense against enemy attackers, this created a long stretch of land you did not want to find yourself on, this stretch of land that would put you in rang of artillery fire, and enemy machine gun fire was known as no-man's-land. It was a rough barren land, filled with craters from artillery fire, barbed wire, and fallen soldiers.