Dbq Essay On The First World War

The First World War was the first conflict that had a truly global reach. It was also one of the most deadly, with 35 million casualties, of which 14 million were killed. It was a brutal war of attrition with thousands of soldiers killed and seriously wounded every day; indeed, the true casualty numbers are very difficult, if not impossible, to comprehend for those of us who were not actually there to witness the carnage. It was also a war of technology and of invention. The science of killing advanced so rapidly during the four years of the conflict that the weapons and tactics employed by the relevant armies, navies and air forces of 1918 were unrecognisable from those in use when the war broke out in the late summer months of 1914. Many technologies that are now the staple of modern warfare can trace their origins to the First World War, such as the tank, the fighter plane and anti-aircraft guns. More traditional weapons, such as the machine gun, grenades and …show more content…
This is shown by the appearance of the bomber planes, gases, and newly developed artillery, also tanks. Britain who were late to use ww2 technology this shown by Percy Hobart who imagined these tanks from hell before the British army. Other technology like aircrafts, gases and artillery had a large impact on ww2. This is supported by the effect of tanks, whom destroyed trench war; Gases (phosgene, mustard, and chlorine) which killed or severely injured over 250,000; Aircraft Glide bombs the first "smart bombs", such as the Fritz X anti-shipping missile, had a wire or radio remote control; the world's first jet fighter, the world's first working military helicopters the world's first rocket powered fighter. This also led to tactics like blitzkrieg by Germany and the continuous bombing by