War Diaries Talk

communication shoot

  • erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be by erik.schaubroeckscarlet.be

    Whta is a communication shoot (24th)? How can one communicate by shooting?

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  • marie.eklidvirginmedia.com by marie.eklidvirginmedia.com

    It may have been in reply or have have some connection with the searchlight flashing an SOS in morse into the sky on the 23rd.

    Communication article Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/ww1/25401271 with images.

    Telephones were used in the trenches because they could pick up and send Morse code between units. This allowed important messages to be delivered and ensured soldiers across the front knew the plans for defence and attack. Telephones were placed in different units and connected by wires to the same switchboard. This allowed soldiers on different parts of the battlefield to communicate with each other but the system could easily fail if the wires snapped or were broken by the enemy.

    Also Link: http://www.livescience.com/45641-science-of-world-war-i-communications.html

    World War I is frequently referred to as "the first modern war," since a number of technological inventions made their debut during the war, which lasted from 1914 to 1918. Nowhere was this more true than in the realm of communications — the recent introduction of electricity- and radio-based communications revolutionized the art of war, joining other advances such as military airplanes, tanks, machine guns and chemical weapons.

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  • ral104 by ral104 moderator, scientist

    Erik, it looks to me that they were specifically targeting the german communications lines - the trenches and roads supporting the front line. It would have been a good way to indirectly disrupt the front line troops - stopping food being brought up, etc. They may also have hoped to hit them during a relief.

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  • cyngast by cyngast moderator

    I agree with Rob.

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