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The Great War 1914-1918

A Different War

The First World War was a very different war to any that had gone on before:

	Trench warfare was new - battles were slow and stalemate lasted years Photograph: 1st/5th King’s Own, 1915 Trench scene with Sergeant Alfred Clowes and Sergeant Nelson. Messines Ridge, Belgium. Accession Number: KO0784/037
	Troops were bored - there were long periods of inactivity Trenches near Zillebeke, May 1915. Accession Number KO0784/050
	New more powerful weapons could kill more men quicker Private E Sedgebeer from Halton near Lancaster with Lewis Gun and comrade of the 6th Battalion in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in 1917. Negative Number KONEG209
	The battles required vast numbers of men - and vast numbers were killed
	Gas was used - drowning the victims as their lungs filled with liquid The first gas masks, June 1915. 1st/5th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. Accession Number KO0784/062
	Aircraft were used to drop bombs on the enemy and spy on their positions Accession Number: KO2217/03
	Tanks invented - protecting troops in a metal shell whilst they advanced Accession Number: KO2217/02
	The war involved entire civilian populations - women did war work

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