Technologies of World War I Roland Brown HIST102 Dr. Kahan September 21‚ 2014 There have been several technological improvements on the battlefield since the start of the first Great War. Armies set foot in combat zones anticipating offensive victories with the use of their numbers alone. Trench warfare proved these old tactics to be erroneous and obsolete. Complimenting these new approaches to warfare were also new weapons. The development of the machine gun‚ artillery‚ tanks
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World War I‚ also known as the First World War‚ the Great War and the War to End All Wars‚ was a global military conflict which took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918.[2] Over 40 million casualties resulted‚ including approximately 20 million military and civilian deaths.[3] Over 60 million European soldiers were mobilized from 1914 1918.[4] The immediate cause of the war was the June 28‚ 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ by Gavril Principe
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audience. Hoping to create unstructured‚ and undetailed views of the world using specific exemplifications of light on objects in their natural states and habitats. In the famous painting by Childe Hassam "The Avenue in the rain" created directly after the end of the war‚ rows and rows of American flags hang‚ some appear to be torn and worn down. The people in the painting have no face‚ and are blurry. Although you cannot see their emotion the viewer can infer a sense of sadness and mourning not
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The Fourteen Points President Wilson’s Fourteen Points were a decent attempt at peace and repayment after World War I. Although it was cleat that there were many obvious problems with his plan. Many things‚ including Allied bias‚ American ambition‚ and Western European dominance‚ caused these problems. While trying to fix many problems in Europe‚ the Fourteen Points mainly concentrated on the things that were important to the Allied powers. France was bent on revenge‚ Great Britain was looking
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Option 2 How did the new technologies of WWI affect soldiers fighting on the front lines? Please include at least three examples of new technologies in your answer. Chemical warfare is one example of new technology. World War 1 was the beginning of chemical warfare. Gas masks were used to protect soldiers from poisonous gasses such as chlorine and mustard gas. These gasses could burn‚ blind‚ or even kill anyone who came in contact with them. Artillery is another example. WW1 introduced many new automatic
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much was gained. Millions of soldiers and civilians alike were killed‚ and with no one great end-result for any of the central powers‚ it goes to show the uselessness of war. It is unmistakable to see these facts after reading All Quiet On the Western Front‚ a novel labeling the horrors of WW1 for what they are. The book is of a young soldiers experience in the trenches‚ and the indignities he suffered for the illusion of glory in battle. Overall‚ what can be said about the dismay‚ the terror that is
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Although the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Gavrillo Princip caused World War I‚ many consider an increase in military Technology to also be the cause of World War I. Some of the Military Technology that might also be the cause are; the use of the Airplanes‚ Machine Guns‚ and the tanks. Long before the war began‚ the countries in these groups or alliances had made arrangements to work together and help one another if there was a war. So when war did break out in 1914‚ parts of Europe
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military technology would have affected civilians due to the frontlines developing within civilian populated areas. Unlike militarily involved countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States of America‚ who entered in 1941; due to the geographical positions of these allied countries they were not affected by most land technology. Yet‚ the development of bombing strategies‚ aviation and naval capabilities allowed for enemy forces to affect even these isolated countries. Bombing became a
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The malevolent utilization of unrestricted submarine warfare by the German navy was unequivocally a breach of the rules of war. In early 1915‚ Germany controversially declared the waters surrounding Britain a war zone and threatened to sink all merchant ships approaching Britain even those from neutral countries. It was irrational to believe neutral countries would halt trade with Britain as that would result in huge economic losses. Several merchant ships including the British ship Lusitania were
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Which technology was most effective during WW1 Machine guns were invented to cause a lot of casualties on both war fronts in World War One. Men who went over-the-top in trenches stood little chance when the enemy opened up with their machine guns. Machine guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths. This British machine gun is being fired by a team of two who are wearing early gas masks in case of a gas attack. To ensure that the machine gun’s barrel
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