On July 28, 1914, the Great War, otherwise known as World War I, began. This war had a total death count of 20 million. The weapons used in this war brought out a terrible new way of war. There were many of weapons used in WW1 and many new advances in weapons, including a whole new bunch of deadly vehicles. Poison gas, submarines, and airplanes are just a few of these new advances in weaponry for war. Poison gas, one of the most deadly of all the weapons used in this war. This weapon did not kill as many as some of the other weapons but it caused terrible suffering and did cause death sooner or later. The first gas to come about was chlorine, created by the Germans in the Battle of Ypres. Chlorine would destroy victims respiratory organs and cause breathing attacks, sometimes death. The allies were shocked at this new weapon and retaliated by creating Phosgene, even more deadly than mustard gas. Phosgene took down victims in less than 48 hours with excruciating pain. Gas sometimes backfired on the people controlling it so they would wear gas masks to cover their face from the deadly gas. The next gas created was the most deadly of them all, Mustard gas. …show more content…
A huge part of WWI was submarine warfare. England had the most powerful naval force in the war with its huge number of naval warships it created a blockade cutting off important supplies to Germany. Germany did not like this so they made the U-Boat, a submarined vehicle capable of destroying warships and not being detected while completely submerged under water. U-boats were first launched on January 31, 1917 and destroyed its first 3 warships on March 3. One U-boat destroyed an american cruise liner killing 128 americans leading to the U.S. declaring war on Germany. This submarine changed the weaponry of war by being able to destroy warships without being detected and being completely submerged under
The outbreak of World War One was accompanied by new strategies, innovations, and inventions that developed modern warfare. World War One saw the widespread use of everything from artillery to machine guns and airplanes to submarines. World War One also saw the world’s most powerful navy, Great Britain’s Royal Navy, pitted against the up and coming German Imperial Navy. From Britain’s effective use of the naval blockade to Germany’s terrifying unrestricted submarine warfare, both sides were constantly looking for new strategies to implement.
In 1914, with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife from Austro-Hungarian Empire caused an enormous war called World War I, that killed and injured about thirty million lives. It also destroyed the economy later on. World War I changed combat tactics in a whole new way, where people would die in a blink of an eye. Commanders and soldiers did not know about the capabilities of their new arsenals. The new industrialized developed weapons devastated the battlefield with blood, mountain of corpses, and small craters. Some of the weapons that were used were machine guns, poison gas, mortars, and tanks. Soldiers described the battlefield as a nightmare. This was the start of a new era arising through warfare. A very dangerous way to bring great change to the world but was not intended. World War I brought great changes to the world but, considering the countless deaths, it was the worst war ever, an inhumane war.
The technological advances since WW1 introduced such things as the atomic bomb and new and improved sea and air warfare. The atom bomb was a big part of WW2 as people could be killed from a bomb from a long distance. This bomb also covered a long area killing more people and people of the area bombed could still be feeling the effects in the form of cancer. New air warfare such as fighter jets were introduced in WW2. These planes carried deadly bombs and could take out a large number of people. New sea warfare was introduced, such ships as the corvette were popular, and the corvette was mostly used for shipping ammunition to Europe from North America. Also, submarines proved deadly as they were out of radar and carried deadly bombs such as the torpedo.
While the naval war is usually known for only little attention in histories of World War I, the Royal Navy's blockade of Germany played a dangerous role in the War. The U.S. Navy linking with the Royal Navy played a significant role in overcoming the German U-boats in the North Atlantic. The Germany Navy while technically effective disastrously diminished the German war effort. Germany's building of a High Seas Fleet was one of the causes that public view on Britain turned against Germany and that Britain come unto the War. Yet, the small U-boat fleet, showed a key competition to the British. In the early war, U-boats drowned three British cruisers, shocking the people of both England and Germany. The U-boat campaign was a major reason that public opinion in America turned against Germany and that America entered the War. Despite the huge investment, the German Navy accomplished nothing in return to counter balance the cost for Germany.
Machine guns were very important weapons on the battlefield because they could fire rapidly and kill many soldiers causing soldiers in WWI to make trenches to avoid bullet fire. Airplanes were also first used for combative purposes in WWI. Flight was still very crude, so it was first used for reconnaissance purposes such as tracking German troop movements. Airplanes advanced quickly during the war, so they were also used for bombing and fighting. Mortars made many advancements during the WWI and were useful because they could be fired from the trenches. Heavy artillery, the deadliest weapon of WWI, became larger, more mobile, and more accurate. WWI was the first for many weapons, the tank and airplane especially, that changed future wars. (Llewellyn; Trueman; “Weapons of World War
Wars have been around for centuries. A typical battle was fought on land. The infantry would line up and fire at the advancing enemy. World War I was first called "the Great War" because of the number of lives lost (Coetzee 11). There were approximately nine million deaths over the course of the four years the war lasted (11). World War I began because of the assassination of "Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne" (17). Tensions were high and war seemed the only solution (17). The alliances in Europe were well formed by the time 1914 arrived (17). "The Central Powers" were "Germany and Austria-Hungary" (Westwell 8). "The Triple Entente" were "Britain, France, and Russia" (8). All of the countries and citizens believed in the cause of the war from the very beginning (9). That enthusiasm would quickly change once the introduction of new weapons and strategies were revealed (9). Every country involved was seeking ways to improve on the resources they needed to fight, and hopefully win the war. None of the countries involved wanted the other side to have a military advantage over the other (7). World War I had technological inventions such as machine guns, poison gas, tanks and submarines, which changed the strategy of war. The outcome of these inventions resulted in more death and destruction than previous wars.
One weapon or machine was created, and an even better one was made. New developments such as machine guns, poison gas, tanks, and new strategies to thwart trench warfare affected how WWI was fought and it came with catastrophic results. Poison gas is perhaps the most feared weapon out of all. Created to overcome the long stalemate style of trench warfare, its purpose was to draw out soldiers hiding in the trenches. One side would throw the poison gas into the enemy trenches and they would either wait for their enemy to come out into open fire or perish in the trenches.
As a result of the war, many new weapons and pieces of technology were created. Many more pieces of weaponry and technology were adapted, improved upon, until they were modernized decades beyond their original models. The first World War was instrumental in forming warfare as we know it today. Many of the aspects of modern warfare were created during this time period.
World War 1 was a conflict fought between industrialised countries equipped with modern weapons. It saw the rise of powerful weaponry such as heavy artillery, machine guns and airplanes. The war created thousands of casualties and deaths mostly caused by the harsh conditions of trench warfare and battle wounds. Nurses and doctors were provided in the Trenches to help with infections and diseases.
The first world war is often remembered for its unprecedented nature of war. How this differed from the past wars was its progressively growing reliance on technology. The competitive nature of the European nations allowed opportunities for countries to flourish economically and industrially. The development of technology – hence, the creation of armaments was the next logical step for any nation, especially with the heightened tensions between the ‘great powers’ of Europe. Consequently, World War 1 became the first ever war where technology became a huge asset to the countries. However, due to the fact that technology was a relatively new feature of warfare, traditional military strategies had to be drastically altered through various trial
World War 1 was called “The Great War”, “The war to end all wars”, and “The first modern war”. It had many causes and a few repercussions and I will describe them in detail.
World War I is known as a war that occurred on extremely cruel terms; there were not many restrictions on what and when certain weapons could be used. Unfortunately, the Industrial Age brought with it many new ways to kill; the soldiers of World War I came in contact with many new weapons that they had never seen in combat.
World War I, which from now on may be seen as WWI, may seem like a dirty war full of death and hardship, which it was, but it also was a time of great improvements in technology, technology, which eventually gave way to the massive improvements during World War II, which may now be seen as WWII. WWI saw innovations such as the tank, the flamethrower, poison gas, and a little known thing known as an interrupter gear just to name a few. Tanks were a great innovation that forever have changed the world we have today. At the beginning, men were only in the trenches, and anytime anyone wanted to gain any little amount of ground, they would get destroyed by a flurry of rifle ...
World War 1 was considered to be one of the worst wars in those days. The war lasted from 1914 to 1918 for a total of about four years. The war began in Austria, and some names used for World War 1 are The First World War, The War to end all Wars, The War of the Nations, and The Great War.
Throughout World War One (ww1) a variety of vital weapons and vehicles were used and developed. The rifle, tank, gas, machine gun, zeppelin, submarines, u boats and planes were all involved and played a vital part in ww1 and warfare as we know it. Not all of these were used for the first time in 1914 however most of them were deeply developed. All weapons used, killed or left soldiers extremely crippled after the war.