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How did the nature of warfare change during World War 1 ?

  • Talking about the war front and warfare of World War 1.
  • The range of technological changes to warfare during the course of World War
  • The uses of chemical warfare and weapons
  • The uses of guerrilla tactics and night raids and the warfare of attrition and supply line

Introduction

WW1 - Weapons and Technology

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Dulce et Decorum Est

By Wilfred Owen

In all my dreams before my helpless sight,

He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.

If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace

Behind the wagon that we flung him in,

And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,

His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;

If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood

Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,

Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud

Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—

My friend, you would not tell with such high zest

To children ardent for some desperate glory,

The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est

Pro patria mori.

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Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,

Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,

Till on the haunting flares, we turned our backs,

And towards our distant rest began to trudge.

Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots,

But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;

Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots

Of gas-shells dropping softly behind.

Gas! GAS! Quick, boys!—An ecstasy of fumbling

Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,

But someone still was yelling out and stumbling

And flound’ring like a man in fire or lime.—

Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,

As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.

What made WW1 different from other wars?

  • World War 1 was the first war
  • New weapons and vehicles were used in this war
  • All these factors contributed to the nature of warfare to be changed and even extending the war.
  • World War 1 was devastating resulting in millions of deaths and millions more affected.
  • Was a significant historical event that was essential for changing the nature of warfare.

Conclusion

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