Technology in World War 1

TECHNOLOGY HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON THE GREAT WAR: World War One was a great motivator in the rush for technology at the beginning of the century. The nature and result of the first world war was largely determined by technology. World War One was the first war to utilise air power in a major way. It was also the first war in which the home front was a major concern, because of the ability …

…by a relatively new and weak power because of technology. Look at Germany, she had the entire course of the war subtly planned out and yet she lost to powers that had no plan in mind. Technology caused World War One to be one of the longest and bloodiest wars in all history. It turned the beautiful landscape of France into a cratered, gassed out wasteland and it destroyed an entire class of fighting unit.