8) What weapon did more damage than any other modern weapon developed during WWI? 9) What was Hitler’s role in the German army when fighting in the trench?

Question

8) What weapon did more damage than any other modern weapon developed during WWI? 

9) What was Hitler’s role in the German army when fighting in the trench?

Answer 1

8) The use of artillery increased during wartime and its number was high by the end of the war. In 1914, artillery men made up 20 percent of the French army, and by 1918 the number was up to 38 percent. With advances in weapon technology lead1) to high explosive shells, shrapnel and 2) poison gas on the enemy and heavy fire could destroy troop concentrations, wire, and fortified positions.

9) During the First World War, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) served first as an infantryman and then as a private in the 16^th Bavarian Reserve infantry Regiment, also known as List Regiment. An Austrian citizen and erstwhile draft shirker, Hitler volunteered to serve in the Bavarian army in August 1914. Following his baptism of fire in October 1914, Hitler became a dispatch runner for regimental headquarters.