Trench Warfare

World War I set a new precedent for wars to come, it was the first war to involve the new technologies in warfare we know of today. The machine gun and heavy artillery reduced the individual soldier to insignificance, leaving no room for heroes. Tanks, bombs, and poisonous gas were the new age of war, and left deep and psychological scars on the Western World long after the War. In the first few battles of …

…warfare used in World War I. Soldiers prior to this war had never seen the likes of a machine gun, tank, or poisonous gas bomb. Many young men rushed to enlist, worried that the war would be over before they could get to battle. When they got to battle they didn’t realize what they got themselves into. Over one million soldiers died in World War I all due to the technological advances in warfare.