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Technology during World War l / Joanne Mattern.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mattern, Joanne, 1963- author.
- Series:
- Military technologies.
- Military technologies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Technology.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Technology--United States--History--20th century.
- Technology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Other Title:
- Technology during World War One
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing, [2017]
- Summary:
- This book examines the technology used by military forces during World War I. The text introduces readers to trench engineering, rifles, machine guns, cannons, howitzers, mortars, mustard and chlorine gas, gas masks, tanks, U-boats, the machine gun/airplane propeller synchronization system, and the roles they played in military campaigns.
- Contents:
- 1. The world at war
- 2. Trench warfare
- 3. Infantry and artillery
- 4. Poison gases
- 5. Tanks
- 6. The war at sea
- 7. Aerial warfare
- 8. The end of the war.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781624023729
- 162402372X
- OCLC:
- 981414592
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