New Technologies: New Weapons Of World War I

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, a Bosnian Serb citizen of Austria-Hungary and member of the Black Hand. The retaliation by Austria-Hungary against Serbia activated a series of alliances that set off a chain reaction of war declarations. Within a month, much of Europe was

Warfare methods had been the altered in regards of weaponry. During World War I, soldiers would fight from trenches and would use artillery, machine guns, early airplanes, and poisonous gas . There was little mobility during that time period. On the contrary, World War II fought using nuclear power and missiles . During this time period, many special operations were put into affect. An example of a special operation would be Operation Foxley, where the British military planned to assassinate Adolf Hitler (which was not really put into affect). In addition, submarines and tanks were also more heavily used and secret communication, or “code,” became more difficult to figure out, which benefitted them so that others would not understand their plan of attack, their location, etc. Radios were invented which were heavily used during WWII, while there were only landline phones in WWI .

William Pollard once said, "Learning and innovation go hand in hand. The arrogance of success is to think that what you did yesterday will be sufficient tomorrow." Maybe the generals of World War 1 (WW1) should have been told this when they used cavalry when they were outdated and rifles and machine guns were the weapons of this war. They found this out the hard way which sparked the time of technological innovations and changes that was WW1. The three technological innovations I will write about are machine guns, planes and tanks.

Weapons in WW1 could decide who would win and who would lose. Newer weapons were brought into the War constantly as they were the most efficient in destroying and making other weapons useless. Making them more powerful for this reason making the death count rise double- time, however, not for long…

World War 1 or the Great War was one of the most brutal if not the most war the world has faced so far. It originated in Europe which quickly went global, the war started on the 28th of July 1914 and ended November 11th 1918. The war consisted of many weapons and deadly gases. The weapons include;

World War 1(WW1) introduced many different types of machinery and weaponry to the world. It was known to be the greatest enhancements technological warfare. It introduced many different types of machinery and weaponry to the world. Some examples would include the first models of tanks, machine guns, airplanes and aircraft carriers(History 1). As the war progressed in years, the weapons and machines got substantially better. These improvements contributed and influenced modern war tactics which in the end, results in an overall more deadlier war.

New technology that appeared in World War I influenced war in many ways. There were many new advances in technology in World War I. Major advances were things like aircraft, aircraft carriers, tanks, and new weapons like the flamethrower. There were also small inventions and advances like tracer bullets and mobile x-ray machines. It influenced the war because it gave new ways to attack enemies and gave the thought of having more power. With all of the advances in weapons, it influenced to attack and try to overcome one’s enemy. It also gave leaders the thought that they had even more power with the new advances. I think that it was both a positive and negative influence. I am more on the positive side because it helped to defeat enemies faster and may have ended the war quicker. I am also against it because it influenced more war, not less. In today’s world, I think that again it’s both positive and negative. I am more on the negative

In World War I there was a lot of new weapon inventions. There were flamethrowers, machine guns, airplanes, tanks, poison gas, etc. The weapons in world war 1 was one of the main reasons we won the war. It helped us kill more enemies. It was a bad thing too. They could use the same weapons against you and kill just as much soldiers as your army does. In the future maybe 90 to a 100 years from now the weapons will get way better then what they are now.

The weapons used in World War II drastically changed from the weapons used in World War I. Assault rifles changed from bolt action which were used later back in the late 1800’s to semi and fully automatic weapons that were made at the beginning of World War II and to be used throughout the rest of the war. The tanks also were upgraded putting bigger and better lightweight machine guns at the top to keep enemies down while infantry advanced (Crowl and Love 163). The advancement in the aviation department increased heavily, by time the war approached the Pacific, the Americans had several different type of aircrafts for certain duties. They had medium bombers, heavy bombers, fighter bombers, and fighters (Crowl and Love 158).

There were a lot of weapons in WW1. With all of these weapons there were lots of flaws that came with them. Some of the ones that i think had the most changes done to them was the tank,plane or jet, and the submarine. The tank had major speed and armor upgrades. The plane had speed and armor upgrades. The submarine was upgraded in speed,size,armor, and had a deeper dive distance.

Another technological introduction was short weapons. These were used by troops for self-defense or needing to hide a weapon. Most of the short weapons were used by the French army. Another great technology used during WWI was the advancement of tanks. With machine guns reinforcing massed rifle fire from the defending trenches, attacker’s were mowed down by the thousands before they could even get out of the way. The first tank was designed in 1915 and used in combat in 1916. Even though they tried, the Germans never got around to large scale tank production during WWI. Another piece of technology that devastated thousands was the use of poison gas. Chemical weapons were used in a large scale and were horrible. By the end of the war, oath sides were using poison gas. The last piece of technology that I am going to talk about is air traffic control. Thanks to the efforts of the US Army, the first operational two- way radios in planes happened in the Great War. Technicians could now send messages over 140

The technological advances prior the World War I, accompanied by the modernization greatly affected the NCO Corps and influenced the review of the Blue Book. The publication of the Noncommissioned Officer’s Manual in 1909 by Captain James A. Moss, established the basic function of the NCO. Described the NCO as a small unit leader, clarified the roles of the NCO, addressed discipline, and stressed the role of punishment to achieve discipline. In addition stated, “The noncommissioned officer occupies the most important position and plays a most essential part in the success or failure of a command” (Moss, 1909).

During the First World War(WWI), no radical victory occurred especially at the Western Front during 1914-1917 due to military technology limits. This further limited diplomatic negotiations and concessions. Thus even when multiple chances of peace showed up, war leaders on both sides failed to grip them. Based on these factors, this essay reasons that military technology, both its failures and successes, instead of diplomatic stalemate caused a 4-year Great War instead of a shorter one.

New technologies mostly changed how the war was fought. For example the Cold War was fought between United States (their allies) and Soviet Union. In this war there was tension after World War Two. From this both countries pointed missiles at each other waiting for one country to make a move. Also since World War I and World War II many tanks have been upgraded, are much faster and more powerful. In World War I they used trench warfare where enemies would hide in trenches from artillery shells and those trenches are separated by an area called no man's land. Also they used total war, which is when a country uses all the resources in in that country to defeat the other country. Many changes were made and some of these changes made war better, but also affected

Although, the purpose of Versailles and Second London treaties after World War I (WWI) was to prevent the potential war, all warring parties was looking forward to gaining a deterrence strategy which, can intimidate other adversaries in case of the probability of another global confrontation in order to protect its national security and impose its supremacy overseas. Therefore, they endeavored to keep up with the innovation of warfare characteristics from WWI to remain their combat competence in a high standard level. The innovation of technology, leadership and experience, and doctrine were the main characteristics of warfare remained constant from WWI into WWII and determined the succeeded and failed army. The process of innovation in the