Military Technology in World War I

In less than a year after the First World War, British writer HG Wells lamented the destiny of mankind in the hands of "increasing the power of human destruction" (HG Wells, "The ruin of civilization", The New York Times, 1915 5 27), 2). Though considered to be the father of science fiction, Wells observes too realistic - technology changed the fight of World War I and eventually led to an unprecedented loss of life.

Infantry fighting depends on unarmed combat. During the First World War, we promoted the use of machine guns that can shoot a line of soldiers from a certain distance on the battlefield. Such weapons, along with barbed wire and landmines, makes it difficult and dangerous to move in an open space. Therefore, a battle was born. The United Kingdom introduced tanks in 1916; they were used for aircraft and cannons. The emergence of chemical warfare increases the dangers of soldiers

Maritime and airborne weapons also make long distance killing more effective. A gun mounted on a ship can attack a 20-mile target inland. The invisibility and speed of a German submarine brings considerable advantages to the Beihai advantage in Germany. Airplanes are technically rough, but they offer a psychological advantage. Fighter pilots such as "Red Baron" Manfred von Richthofen in Germany become celebrities and heroes, capturing the imagination of the world through a bold and exciting aerial exercise.

The newspaper depicts the public's response to these technological advances - terrorism and revenge. On April 22, 1915, a few weeks after Germans first used poison gas at Belgium's Ypres, the London New York Times news line described the cruel details of the attack and the direct influence on the soldiers. The conclusion was as follows. A terrible form of scientific torture "However, the editorial of" Daily Chronicle "[London] urged the UK to retaliate against its gas use (May 7, 1915, cited from the New York Times 2 May 1915 In fact, Germany has argued that the Allied forces are already using mines containing poisonous gasses, which it was not until 1925 that they bombarded people for the chemical war, but the future war It was to ban the use of poison gas.

When Germany failed to achieve a plan to quickly achieve military victory, the pace of war has stalled. Both parties tried to use force to break the deadlock. In the previous war victory was achieved by hegemony of the territory; in World War I, it was simply done by going beyond the opponent - "consumption war". When battle broke out for the first time in August 1914, many wanted war to be short-lived; did not expect to last more than 4 years and unprecedented atrocities harm all generations There are few people to predict.

New military technologies used in the First World War include machines such as battle weapons and other fighter aircraft that enabled the camps to intercept each other with multiple bullets, shells, and toxic gases It was. . These new weapons are spurring widespread use of war, so the army can dig earth to protect themselves. This guarantees that both military forces are geographically far apart, not directly at the common battlefield. The soldiers may not be looking at each other's strength or seeing the power of others, may be killed in the distant and killed, they are more likely to be neglected as humans, and their death There is a high possibility of being fired. Major massacres and mechanical and inhumane ways represented by these technological advances have brought soldiers far more damage than previous wars.

These two wars occupy an important position in the development and application of military technology. Although the state of military war during World War I was basically simple, World War II achieved a significant advance in military technology. For example, the emergence of tanks in the Third Empire was considered by experts to be an important element in the battle dynamics during World War II. This is in sharp contrast to innovations like Zeppelin airships used by the German Army Headquarters during the First World War.