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1. Describe what was the most deadly weapon of World War I. Explain why you chose that weapon.




2. If you were a World War I soldier, what would you have been afraid of the most on the battlefield? Explain Why.




3. Describe what you think was the hardest part of living/fighting during World War I.

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1.Artillery was the most destructive weapon on the Western Front. Guns could rain down high explosive shells, shrapnel and poison gas on the enemy and heavy fire could destroy troop concentrations, wire, and fortified positions. Artillery was often the key to successful operations.

2. What will I be afraid of is dying and the war knowing I will leave my family behind without a goodbye.

3. Disease and 'shell shock' were rampant in the trenches.With soldiers fighting in close proximity in the trenches, usually in unsanitary conditions, infectious diseases such as dysentery, cholera and typhoid fever were common and spread rapidly.

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Answer: 1. Artillery. Artillery was the most destructive weapon on the Western Front. Guns could rain down high explosive shells, shrapnel and poison gas on the enemy and heavy fire could destroy troop concentrations, wire, and fortified positions. Artillery was often the key to successful operations.

2. Being coward is a soldier's greatest fear. -Anything that portrays a sense of giving up or embarrassment is a soldier's greatest fear also the disease and getting killed.

3. On the Western Front, the war was fought by soldiers in trenches. Trenches were long, narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived. They were very muddy, uncomfortable and the toilets overflowed. These conditions caused some soldiers to develop medical problems such as trench foot also missing my family.

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