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> There were basically world wars in antiquity World War I saw the advent of chemical warfare with mustard gas. World War II saw European cities razed by carpe
by fennecfoxen 6y ago
> There were basically world wars in antiquity
World War I saw the advent of chemical warfare with mustard gas. World War II saw European cities razed by carpet-bombing, even leaving atoms aside.
- thamer 6y agoWorld War I was significantly different from previous wars in many ways due to advances in science and technology. One of the earliest inventions that completely changed warfare at the start of World War I was the machine gun, which saw its first large-scale use in the 1914 German campaign against Belgian forts. Machine guns had been used in the Russo-Japanese War, but not to this extent and not with such terrible efficiency. Dan Carlin covers this topic in great detail in his fascinating 23h+ podcast series "Blueprint for Armageddon".