Wednesday, 22 February 2012

How did technology affect World War I and its outcome?

came at
the time of massive technological advancement. Consequently, technological advances such as the
heavy machine gun, long-range artillery, poison gas, airplanes, the armored tank, and the radio
greatly impacted the outcome and course of the war. One issue that led to the stalemate and
massive casualties, especially on the Western Front, was that military tactics had not kept up
with this technology.

Many of the military tacticians and generals were
eager to adopt these new technologies but did not understand how to effectively fight a war that
involved them. Some were still...

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