Thesis on the First World War

After the war proved the scientific capabilities of all countries involved, the scientific minds of Germany stood out the most. America decided to take advantage of the situation arising in Germany: the

As World War II progressed, the advancements that had shown up on and in the combat zones, seas and the overall attitude of World War I were enhanced and made considerably more viable and lethal. I will be going over a few of the innovations during World War II as well as a few of the tactics and strategies used when overcoming some of the geographic obstacles.

World War II was a war that lasted about 6 years. Within these six years, many new advances took place. In order for countries to be able to have a chance, they would need to keep up with the new, and developing technology. Air technology was still fairly new before the war, but grew rapidly as the war progressed. On the same note, new water vessels were being invented, which allowed to war to grow into the seas. Submarines, U Boats, and other vessels allowed for this shift to occur. Tanks were new and developing during the war also. They were very expensive, but allowed for new advances on the battlefield into other countries’ territory. Lastly, World War II would have had a very different ending without the United States incorporation of Atomic and nuclear weaponry into the war. The bombing of Japan with this technology played a very important role in the development of modern warfare. As a result, World War II could resemble an industrial revolution throughout the world, due to the introduction of new discoveries in aircraft, aquatics, tanks, and atomic/nuclear weaponry.

The period after World War I was known as the Interwar period. During this time nations such as France, the United States, Russia, and even Germany made changes in their armed forces. The changes included the reduction of force structure to technological improvements in weaponry. Britain became a leader among nations in military, particularly Army or ground innovations during the interwar years. Their ingenuity led to other nations taking all or some of the ideas to improve upon or add to their army. However, Britain's army was unable to achieve greatness from their innovations in armored warfare during the Inter-War period because of political constraints and an inability to foresee their future needs.

b. Their success during their first use lead to the commission of more of them. Soon, they became an indispensable part of combating the enemy.

In the 1910’s, there were many influential factors that made this era very significant. During this decade, World War I was being fought and because of it, America made great strides in science and technology. Technological advancements in science completely changed the manner of how war was fought by creating weapons and techniques such as trench warfare submarines and biological warfare.

World War I was the first even that benefitted the quick and successful means of mass production, the outcome of the war was heavily influenced by the second industrial revolution. Allies had the best contribution, the production of tanks, airplanes, ambulances and munitions quickly made progress in the production rate due to the assembly line. When the United States had entered into the war, they added much needed power in man power and mass production.

2A. The United States changed after the war by avoiding the build of an empire, as all empires eventually fall.

WW1 ended with catastrophic destructions and millions of casualties in the old continent; therefore, many countries and nations were desperate such a great war not to happen again, but they were preparing for the next war all the time during the interwar period. The interwar period between WW1 and WW2 is a period of transformation of the armed forces towards twentieth and twenty first century warfare. Countries were rapidly improving the already existing technologies that was developed during WW1 and prior, and they introduced to the world many new technologies that will play major part in vining the battles in the upcoming war. Furthermore, for all nations it was clear that they must spend time on developing new organizational structures and

b. General Helmuth von Moltke used strategies and new technologies such as telegraph to defeat Austria

This chapter starts with The First World War and considering there had been no major wars over the period of 1815 – 1914. “No major power fought another outside its immediate regions.” (p. 23). This was all about to change with the beginning of what could be called the bloodiest period of the century.

Development of weapons technology is what primarily changed the tides of WWII, essentially winning the war for the

On December 7, 1941 The United States was attacked by Japan with the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The United States declared war on Japan the next day. In support of the Axis agreement, Germany declared war against the US on December 11, 1941. (Grolier 2006 p.35-40) Under the Nonaggression Pact, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed not to attack on another. This provided Stalin time to build up the Red Army for an eventual invasion by Germany. Under operation Barbarossa, Germany would launch an attack and prepare to invade the Soviet Union. Germany seized several cities until they tried to invade Moscow. With the help of bad weather and the Katyusha rocket, Germany was force to retreat. (Grolier 2006 p. 24-30) The Germans also had some of their own one of kind weapons. The new armored Panzer tank was vital for Hitler’s blitzkrieg; it provided mobility, protection, firepower, and shock. This allowed Germany to invade and conquer quickly. (Grolier 2006, p. 6) Discoveries in Physics and Chemistry revolutionized bombs, missiles, and rockets. On the seas, submarines were designed to remain underwater longer by use of Walter turbines. Airplanes were now equipped with jet engines. The most significant development was the atom bomb. This device invented by the United States eventually ended the war. (Grolier 2006, p. 60-65) As the war in Europe

Predicting the next war has been a pastime of military thinkers for centuries. A 19th century theorist, Jean du Bloch, analyzed the trends of evolving technology in weapons. He predicted with remarkable accuracy the characteristics of warfare that occurred in the First World War. Regarded as a pacifist, his conclusions were viewed as too radical to be acceptable with the evidence that existed at the publication of his work. His thesis, that war between great powers was impossible, focused on the social, political, and economic ramifications caused by the increase in fire power and destructive potential of new technology. Despite du Bloch’s accuracy in predicting the characteristics of the First World War, he failed to see that characteristics

To promptly apply highly advanced technologies which were developed in various sectors during the war to common households;