How Did World War 1 Change

World War I is acknowledged as the bloodiest or one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history. The War was no longer two opposing groups meeting in a field for a prearranged fight. The industrial revolution made its way through and completely changed the definition of war. Technology had advanced and made a huge impact on the way the war was fought. It evolved into a weaponized game were the progressive side would win which led to a massive slaughter of soldiers through the hands of new innovative technology. The Technologies that effected war had changed drastically in three ways. The development of transportation, the introduction to biological weapons, and advances in weaponry turned war into a garden of dead bodies and rivers of blood. The development of transportation was rapid and progressed really quick into the war. One major impact on the way the war was fought was through the use of railways. In 1914, there …show more content…
It caused many more deaths and most importantly it made war a horrible suicide camp. There was no way a man would survive if he was exposed to such gases and he would simply die in agony. Germany was the first country to use chlorine gas as an offensive weapon during the battle of Ypres on April 22nd, 1915. There were about 30,000 men involved in the battle and 6000 were killed. The gases made it easy for Germany during their offense and were successful until a Canadian medical officer recognized the gas as chlorine and came up with an antidote. This had a drastic impact because war was no longer fighting in an agreed place and time since gas attacks were done secretly and silently. Such gases would dissolve soldier’s lungs and suffocate him to death which didn’t happen in previous wars and was a new method used during WWI. The technology used in biological weapons didn’t just change the way WWI was fought but also changed how war is fought in the modern