HIS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Great Offensive, Kill Zone

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: History
• Course: HIS 1110
• Professor: Francois Lalonde

Document Summary

Ww1 is a new kind of war no war has ever been fought the way ww1 was before it is a war characterized by the industrialization of killing. )russia mobilises quickly & saves france from a total german invasion. )russia soldiers are uneducated but outnumbered 2/1 the germans. ) heidenberg & ludendorf know they are outnumbered but they also know that the german soldier is better trained, better armed and more equipped then a russian soldier. )german use zeppelins to scout the russian positions in eastern prussia. )after originally taking east prussia, russia is driven out of the region in an embarrassing fashion. )it is worth noting that without the russian effort france falls easily to the germans in 1914. )despite its victory in galicia, the real enemy of the russians are the germans. ) the german motto on the western front is "sweat saves blood"".