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Tanks In World War One

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World War 1 was a scary time and included blood, death, fair pain, tears, smoke, fire, explosions, screams and gunfires. Airplanes were being primarily used and were made out of wood, canvas and wire. Soldiers would shut down the planes with rifles, pistols, and machine guns from other planes.The average soldier would have 3 weapons... a rifle, bayonet, and grenades. Tanks were first introduced to the British.. and the Germans were equipped with the machine guns. Soldiers at first didn't believe the war was going to be so bad... but later on realized that they should be worried and scared that there was a big chance they could all die. They were so brave and forgot about being afraid and remember that it was going to be okay... they would be
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