New weapons were introduced such as poison gas in august 1915 and tanks in July 1916…
Machine Guns were very successful weapons that were used throughout WWI. They would be set up on front line trenches and were able to fire over 150 rounds a minute and was able to sweep the landscape whilst still firing. This added excellent and accurate fire power against the enemy.…
Towards the start of World War II the weapons of World War I became outdated, and newer weapons were to be developed for a further shooting range. During World War I, the average soldier held a Bolt Action rifle, but due to the slow reloading, semi automatic assault rifles, and small machine guns became common among soldiers on the battlefield. This small advancement in the speed of reloading and rapid fire caused a lot more casualties and lead to a far more bloody war. Explosives such as grenades and bombs were made even more deadly, and gas bombs became more accurate when dropped. Anti-tank weapons had to be developed to overcome the German tank invasions, so soldiers began carrying bazookas and rifles with armor piercing bullets. Also, the German flamethrower was drastically changed and formed into an accurate and efficient weapon. These changes in weaponry definitely lead to a deadly war, and caused the growth of the war even more than it would have been. The most advanced weapon, and perhaps the most deadly that changed the whole course of warfare and World War II was the introduction of the atomic bomb. The radar was also another invention that changed the whole course of World War II. The radar made it easier to spot enemies and track them miles before they arrived. This helped in becoming more precise on targeting enemy aircrafts and other vehicles. It allowed the Germans to track incoming German aircrafts, which gave them the great advantage of shooting them down before they…
The inventions of the repeating machine gun, the development of poison gas, and the introduction of the first tanks caused armies to fight using the bunkering method. This allowed men to huddle in trenches along what are called skirmish lines and throw, lob, and fire by other means weapons to cause damage while men were protected by about 4 to 5 feet deep earth. This caused men to fight in rear columns behind tanks can basically caused defensive fighting tactics resulting in drawn out protracted battles.…
During WWI there were many new guns that improved armies drastically. These new guns were one of the main killers in the war and accounted for many thousands of deaths. The first machine guns had first been used in the American Civil War (1861 to 1865) and the creator was Richard Gatling (Gatling gun). However, tactics from this war to 1914 had not changed to fit in with this new weapon. Machine guns could shoot hundreds of rounds of bullets a minute and the standard military tactic of World War One was the infantry charge. Casualties were huge. With the new guns such as German Maxim, Italian Fiat-Revelli, French Hotchkiss, Austro-Hungarian Schwartzlose, Russian Maxim and...Est. Many soldiers barely got out of their trench before they were cut down. At one scene British army were not sure about how can machine guns affect their strategy. Therefore most divisions had access to only two machine…
Bombers were large aircraft with multiple engines which were built to carry bombs. Fighters were small and light, highly-maneuverable aircraft. Two-seater fighter planes, carrying a pilot and an observer began filling their pockets with objects such as chains and bricks to fling at enemy planes. These objects were soon replaced by pistols but little damage was done. As aerial shooting became more serious, they replaced the pistols with rifles, which also did little damage, they were also difficult to reload within the confines of the cockpit. Often the firer also shot at the wires, struts or propeller of his own airplane. One day, a British observer took a machine gun into flight. The extra weight of the machine gun made it impossible to climb more than 3,500 feet in the air, who had spotted a German cruising at 5,000 feet. He shot at the enemy with no effect and instead just accomplished a lot of noise and vibration to his plane. Still, this became a major milestone in aerial combat. 10 Cockpits began getting fitted with heavy machine guns but were clumsy and difficult to use. On two-wing planes, machine guns were mounted on top of the top wing to shoot over the propeller which made firing easy but reloading and in-flight repairs were impossible. Ideally, machine guns were to be mounted where they would be…
World War II saw the advancement of the aircraft into what we know today. Prior to World War II aircraft were made of wood and did not go very fast and were not suitable to wartime use. World War II saw the first aluminum aircraft. World War II allowed aircraft to be used for fighter missions, reconnaissance missions, as bombers, and many other types of missions. A wooden aircraft could not take the kind of damage that the aluminum aircraft could take and keep flying. Nor could a wooden aircraft carry the same amount of ammunitions as their lighter aluminum counterparts could carry. Compared to the aluminum aircraft wooden airplanes were heavy and bulky. Along with the improved aircraft came the first test of the aircraft carrier. The first aircraft carrier was built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier in 1925 which was the USS Saratoga, but it remained untested as a war machine until World War II (Pomar, Pawlowski, & Reynolds, 2013). The aircraft carrier was one of the most important inventions used in World War II. It allowed the combatants of the war to launch planes from a safe distance away from their target so that the carrier did not come under fire. However even if the carriers did come under fire they were equipped with their own cannons, quadruple- mount cannons, and heavy caliber anti-aircraft machine guns. They were floating tanks that housed…
Aircraft was now used to drop bombs on enemies and well as for surveillance purposes. Until World War II battleships were the common ship used for naval battles. By World War II aircraft carriers were used and naval battles were no longer fought with the enemy seeing each other. Instead battles were fought by aircraft dropping bombs on enemy’s aircraft carriers. Radar was also used in aircraft in the form of placing a radar in a bomb so that when a bomb reached a specific distance the bomb could detonate.…
The history of the U.S. Army 90th Division had it's birth during World War I in Texas. Largely…
After the War of 1812, the United States of America leaped toward more of a incorporated national state and by the year of eighteen-thirty became a nation-state. Through extensive and vast revolution in infrastructure, purchasing of land, and implementing of national banking systems, America was developing into its own fully functional and self-sufficient nation that depended on no one.…
more than 1.6 million were killed in Auschwitz, they didn 't feed babies to see how long they could survive…
When World War 1 broke out in 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared the United States neutral. Although U.S. soldiers did not fight until 1917, the country was never technically impartial in the conflict. Cultural and economic ties, U.S. predilection, and global political ideals manifested a tip in American scales toward the Allies, ultimately leading to the nation’s entrance in World War 1.…
Through the course of WWII the Axis and the Allies began to develop new technologies for the purpose of battles. Germany began using the tactic of blitzkrieg, which emphasized speed and close coordination between planes and military forces in the ground (Ramirez 838). This demanded accurate mobility, which became more important than superior weapons or the amount of soldiers (Advancements in Tech WWII). Therefore, tanks and airplanes were made more efficient, by significantly increasing their speed, armor and firepower (Advancements in Tech WWII). Static trench warfare was no longer useful and that made air superiority a key point. Because of a need for improved mobility, through time, ways of transportation, such as airplanes were enhanced. This opened the eyes of inventors and a new era of scientific exploration was developed.…
World War I (also known as the First World War, Great War or War of Wars, abbreviated WWI) was a military conflict centered on Europe that began in the summer of 1914. The fighting ended in late 1918. This conflict involved all of the world 's great powers,[4] assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente) and the Central Powers.[5] More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.[6][7] More than 9 million combatants were killed, due largely to great technological advances in firepower without corresponding ones in mobility. It was the second deadliest conflict in history.[8]…
The propaganda at that time was aimed at was aimed the working class of the U.S. The propaganda was directed to the average person, or people that the government thought would help support the war. My first picture shows a little girl asking her dad to but her a war bond. It trying to imply that every family should go out a get a war bond. That little girl is trying to imply to the world that that buying a war bond is a cute or necessary in order to keep a little girl happy. A father never wants to see his little girl cry so he usually gets her what she wants. The government is trying to imply that everyone has to buy a war bond in order to help the little girl (U.S) in order for it to be happy. So the average person might feel somewhat required to go and buy a war bond to keep the U.S happy. Also the image is trying to show that the little war bond is for a good cause. Little children sometimes try say that they will be good in return for the gift. The reality is that the war bonds weren't doing anything except letting thousand of soldier die for issue that was happening on the other side of the pacific.…