How Did The Second Industrial Revolution Cause Ww1

The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand set off a war that was like no other. What made World War One difference is that the technology that was introduced in World War One was like nothing the world had ever seen before. The cause of this being that the second industrial revolution had just ended, which made way for many new inventions. The second industrial revolution (1870-1914) had just ended which meant the whole world was adjusting to new machinery and they had created or bought from other countries new vehicles and guns as well as bombs and battleships were developed and created and were very eagerly waiting to be used. For Example, fighter planes are introduced in the war and the air force and air battles are introduced.
One of these inventions was the modern hand grenade, this was invented a few months before the war by English inventor Marten Hale. The grenade was very popular in world war one because of the popularity of trench warfare. Another thing that was invented before or during the war was poison gas, chemical warfare was very popular in the World War and gases were used mainly to clear large groups of men from a small part of trench quickly. The French first used tear gas in 1914, they filled small amounts in grenades and threw them in enemy trenches. Later in the war the French and Germans developed chlorine and mustard gas which was more effective and used them in larger quantities against more
The armies had to find a new way to transport supplies and weapons to allies conveniently. A solution that they came up with was the railroad. Steam trains were made and railroads were constructed across the routes of supplies being delivered. The railroad was much quicker and more effective then horses and could hold more people and get there about as fast. During the war, Britain especially used boats to transport their goods along the English channel they were protected in convoys and used sonar to detect any enemy