World War 1 Significance

The Significance of World War One
World War One was an international war that happened in Europe and branched out to the United States during the final year. Many new advances appeared during this war. The new technologies of this century were incorporated into fighting against the enemies. Gas, a deadly weapon, was invented for the mass murder of soldiers and the impact it left still haunted the world into World War Two, twenty one years later. The Great War is often overshadowed by World War Two, but it is just as important because warfare was modernized, new weapons came about and the effects this event left lasted extremely long.
Fatal Gases Developed
Along with the new ways of warfare, a new, lethal weapon had been fabricated. This weapon
At first, the planes were just used to see over enemy territory and find out their positions. If the plane were to encounter the opposing aircraft during their venture, the pilots and observers would fire against each other with any weapons they had (Schlager and Lauer). By the next year of the war, planes had taken a larger step in being part of the war. The authors acknowledge that, “By 1915, the combatants on both sides began to arm their aircraft with rear-firing machine guns. This meant, however, that the weapons could really only be used for defensive purposes, in the case that an observation aircraft found itself under attack from an enemy.” (Schlager and Lauer) The same year Germany had improved their aircrafts and added front-facing machine guns with the direct intention of fighting against enemy aircraft. Promptly, the countries realized how they could use jets for all types of combat, including bombers, observation and fighters. In 1916, the concept of formation flying came about, the formation was later on called “The Flying Circus”. Schlager and Lauer claim in their article, The Technology of War, that, “Instead of lone aircraft flying out on missions, a formation of aircraft, flying together and cooperating with one another, assured mutual protection in combat.” (Schlager and Lauer). Soon, it was noticed that planes could be used with direct intention of fighting against the enemy (Schlager and Lauer). The planes would attack each other along with the soldiers on the land who had no defense against the foes in the sky. Along with the new formations, aviation warfare had speedily changed where the pilot was in the front and the observer behind him in which they both manned a gun. Along with the guns, airspeed, cruising altitude and diving had