NATS 1775 Study Guide - Final Guide: To End All Wars, Gas Mask, Nazi Concentration Camps
13 May 2014
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Lasted between 1914-1918, 10 million dead many lives lost unnecessarily. New technologies were introduced, but initial war strategies/tactics didn"t change with time, space,transportation. Had existing technologies (railroads, telegraphs, machine guns, barbed wire) Combined with newer devices: airplane, tanks, poison gas. Ww1 military had to learn about new technologies & figure out how they should be used. Ww1 called great war , war to end all wars . Ex: machine gun invented in late 1800s (used in ww1 on mass-scale), allies (brits/french) did not favour this, unfair. Allies rather fight on ground with techniques and bravery, thought machine gun was poorer way to fight! Ww1 military leaders came from positions of power (aristrocracy) Germans were the major enemy, preferred combat on horses. Ww1 was a 20th century war fought with 19th century tactics! . 1906: britain created state-of-the-art battleship dreadknot, was advanced, brits thought it would beat other ships.
