1. The 6,000 miles of trenches on the western front were extremely difficult to
They were mainly 9-foot-wide and 7-foot-deep with barbwire and sometimes
sandbags setup in front of the trenches. Machine gun nests fired at targets in
the area between the trench lines.
2. The tank was created as a direct response to the
associated with trench
warfare. The tank combined the tractor tread of the holt tractor with an armored cab and guns.
3. The British began
their Mark series of tanks beginning with the Mark I.
A crew of six men operated the Mark I. It could travel at a speed of 3 miles per hour.
4. The tank applied a host of new technologies that included the
steel plating, mounted machine guns, and
engine,
instead of wheels.
PSA I took a picture of the choices
