Technological developments have changed the way warfare is conducted.  What are the major changes since WWI ?
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3-37. Technologyâs presence challenges all\nArmy leaders. Technology is here to stay and\nyou, as an Army leader, need to continually\nlearn how to manage it and make it work for\nyou. The challenges come from many\ndirections. Among themâ\n� You need to learn the strengths and vulnerabilities\nof the different technologies that\nsupport your team and its mission.\n� You need to think through how your organization\nwill operate with organizations that\nare less or more technologically complex.\nThis situation may take the form of heavy\nand light Army units working together, operating\nwith elements of another service, or\ncooperating with elements of another nationâs\narmed forces.\n� You need to consider the effect of\ntechnology on the time you have to analyze\nproblems, make a decision, and act. Events\nhappen faster today, and the stress you encounter\nas an Army leader is correspondingly\ngreater.\nTechnological advances have the potential to\npermit better and more sustainable operations.\nHowever, as an Army leader you must remember\nthe limitations of your people. No matter\nwhat technology you have or how it affects your\nmission, itâs still your soldiers and DA civiliansâ\ntheir minds, hearts, courage, and talentsâ\nthat will win the day.\n3-38. Advances in electronic data processing let\nyou handle large amounts of information easily.\nTodayâs desktop computer can do more, and do\nit faster, than the room-sized computers of only\n20 years ago. Technology is a powerful toolâif\nyou understand its potential uses and limitations.\nThe challenge for all Army leaders is to\novercome confusion on a fast-moving battlefield\ncharacterized by too much information\ncoming in too fast.\n3-39. Army leaders and staffs have always\nneeded to determine mission-critical information,\nprioritize incoming reports, and process\nthem quickly. The volume of information\nthat current technology makes available makes\nthis skill even more important than in the past.\nSometimes something low-tech can divert the\nflood of technological help into channels the\nleader and staff can manage. For example, a\nwell-understood commanderâs intent and\nthought-through commanderâs critical information\nrequirements (CCIR) can help free leaders\nfrom nonessential information while\npushing decisions to lower levels. As an Army\nleader, you must work hard to overcome the attractiveness\nand potential pitfalls of centralized\ndecision making that access to information will\nappear to make practical.\n3-40. Technology is also changing the size of\nthe battlefield and the speed of battle. Instant\nglobal communications are increasing the pace\nof military actions. Global positioning systems\nand night vision capabilities mean the Army\ncan fight at night and during periods of limited\nvisibilityâconditions that used to slow things\ndown. Continuous operations increase the mental\nand physical stress on soldiers and leaders.\nNonlinear operations make it more difficult for\ncommanders to determine critical points on the\nbattlefield. Effective leaders develop techniques\nto identify and manage stress well before\nactual conflict occurs. They also find ways\nto overcome the soldierâs increased sense of isolation\nthat comes with the greater breadth and\ndepth of the modern battlefield. (FM 100-34\ndiscusses continuous operations. FM 22-51 discusses\ncombat stress control.)\n3-41. Modern technology has also increased the\nnumber and complexity of skills the Army requires.\nArmy leaders must carefully manage\nlow-density specialties. They need to ensure\nthat critical positions are filled and that their\npeople maintain perishable skills. Army leaders\nmust bring together leadership, personnel\nmanagement, and training management to ensure\ntheir organizations are assigned people\nwith the right specialties and that the entire organization\nis trained and ready. On top of this,\nthe speed and lethality of modern battle have\nmade menta
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The Germans at the time had technology comparable or superior to most countries of the time prior to the advent of A-Bomb. The Germans were well trained and had expert leadership. \n\nToward the end of the war, Germany had in development: nukes (heavy water), long range rockets/missiles, jet propulsion, the STG-44 (grandfather to the AK-47) among other things. They were a civilized society, but the ideology of their leadership would ultimately prove to be their downfall...\n\nThe regular army didn't fight a guerilla war that I know of. They used conventional means like the Allies.
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The rise of nationalism.\n\nEurope avoided major wars in the 100 years before World War 1 began. In the 1800's, a force swept across the continent that helped bring about the Great War. The force was nationalism - the belief that loyalty to a person's nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty. During the 1800's nationalism took hold among people who shared a common language, history, or culture. Such people began to view themselves as members a national group or nation. Nationalism led to the creation of two new powers - Italy and Germany - through the uniting of many small states. War had a major role in achieving nation unification in Italy and Germany. On the other hand, nationalism weakened the eastern European empires of Austria-Hungary, Russia, and Ottoman Turkey. Those empires ruled many national groups that clamored for independence. The Balkan Peninsula or the "Powder Keg of Europe" caused tensions and therefore threatened to ignite a major war. Rivalry for control of the Balkans added to the tensions that erupted into World War 1.\n\n\nA build-up of military might occurred among European countries before World War 1 broke out. Nationalism encouraged public support for military build-ups and for a country's use of force to achieve its goals. By the late 1800's, Germany had the best-trained army in the world. In 1898 Germany began developing a naval force that was big enough to challenge the British navy. In 1906, the British navy launched the Dreadnought, the first modern battleship. The Dreadnought had greater firepower that any other ship of its time. Germany rushed to construct on just like it. Advances in technology helped aid in making military forces stronger. Machine guns and other new arms fired more accurately and more rapidly than earlier weapons. By the end of the 1800's, technology enabled countries to fight longer and bear greater losses that ever before.\n\n\nA system of military alliances gave European powers a sense of security before World War 1. They formed these alliances with each other for protection and guarantee that other members of the alliance would come to the country's aid if attacked. Although alliances provided protection, the system also created certain dangers. If war came, the alliance system meant that a number of nations would fight, not only the two involved in a dispute. Alliances could force a country to go to war against a nation it had no quarrel with. In addition, the terms of many alliances were kept secret. The secrecy also increased the chances that a county might guess wrong about the consequences of its actions. The Triple Alliance was made up of 3 countries, Germany, Italy, and Austria-Hungary. They all agreed to go to war if attacked by Russia. Bismarck also brought Austria-Hungary and Germany into alliance with Russia. The agreement was known as the Three Emperor's League and was formed in 1881. They all agreed to remain neutral if any of them went to war with another country. In 1890 when Bismarck left office it gave a chance for Russia and France to form an alliance. In 1894, France and Russia agreed to call up troops if any nation in the Triple Alliance mobilized. Russia and France also agreed to help each other if either were attacked be Germany. \n\nBeginning of the War\n\nOn June 28, 1914 a Serbian terrorist named Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand.  The Archduke's assassination triggered the outbreak of World War 1. On July 28 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Because of Austria-Hungary's alliance with Germany, Serbia sought help from Russia. In 1914 Russia vowed to stand behind Serbia, but first Russia gained support from France. Germany declared war on Russia on Aug. 1, 1914, in response to Russia’s mobilization. Two days later Germany declared war on France. The German Army swept into Belgium on its way to France. The invasion of Belgium cause
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There were many key things that happened in the 1940's, but the one thing that has changed the world forever was the development of the atomic bomb.\n\nHistory has seen several major shifts:\nStone age\nBronze age\nIron age\nit could be argued that the Manhattan project ushered in a new age, the Nuclear age, and now for the first time in history we have the ability to potentially wipe out humanity.
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war is not new.. and neither is the nazi idea of war.  the thirst for power will certainly always remain in the human mindset, and we will always have a need to keep that in check.
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The industrialisation of warfare had a great impact on World War I. Your essay should explore:\n\n* use of modern factories to meet the need of the combatants on the field and logistics - one of the reasons Russia dropped out was the failure to meet demands of the troops for example;\n\n* use of railways to transport troops to the front;\n\n* use of modern technology such as aircraft and tanks for the first time - it was their use in an integrated manner by  Allied commanders such as Sir John Monash of Australia that would eventually lead to victory in 1918;\n\n* growing role for Government: Government's share of GDP exceeded 50% in Germany and France and appraoached that in the UK and introduction of higher tax systems such as income tax to finance the war.
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That balloon with camera thing is a little out-dated. We're just a "little" bit more sophisticated now. We have computer controlled Airial devices that can take pictures and show us areas we might not be able to get to. I'm sure the military is pretty much up to date on most modern technology.
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We went to war with the equipment that we had at the time.  Our equipment has gotten better by leaps and bounds since this war started.  It was not because the Gov. did not want to send us with the proper gear, it is because we did not know we needed it, or it had not been developed yet.  New body armor, new vehicles, new vehicle armor....all that came after the war started.
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No.  WWI was long over by the 30's.\n\nWWII? Maybe.  Very difficult to say.  I think that delayed is more likely.
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"The conduct of war changed as a result of three technological advances during the Civil War: the rifled musket, the electric telegraph, and the railroad."
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poele at home during WW1 were forsed to sacrafice food and time. women took mens jobs, and children had to work. a lot of oil and money we're used and lives were lost
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The continued advances in electronic communications.\nThe break through of Stem Cell research.\nAnd of course the great battle of between Islam and America.
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First World War \nSecond World War \nKorean War \nSoutheast Asian Conflicts \nPeacekeeping and Post–Cold War Operations
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I'm definitely not an expert but, I think it is the advancement of sports, in general, technologically. For example, the difference in today's safety equipment in football and yesterdays equipment. Past to present, the changes that has led up to what see in sports today. All dealing with technology.
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1. The fellows on airplanes used to say goodbye to their enemies at first. Those were very small planes used only as a reconaissance. Afterwards, some bastard attached a machine gun to the plane, and they were not friends anymore.\n\n2. Due to that War, Germany invented the Panzer (Tank) and the British invented the Jeep.\n\n3. The Krupp Dinasty became the wealthiest people on the planet. They were selling weapons to any country, including the allies, and by the way, they were german.\n\n4. America became a major world superpower with that war, a peer of the biggest of Europe.\n\n5. Just after WW1 finished, Apocalypse appeared: the infamous Spanish Influenza. This epidemic killed more people and soldiers than all the people killed with the war.\n\n6. The first encounter with chemical warfare. Germans used to throw Sarin and or Chloride gas to their enemies, blinding them and sending them to the other world with the worst excruciating pains you can imagine.\n\n7. The Germans stopped using the ridiculous spikes on their helmets, but the helmet (without the spikes) was adopted by everyone.\n\n8. The american soldiers were called doughboys.\n\n9. France had their vengeance against the Germans, because previously some years before Prussia (that was the name of Germany on that time) beat the shit out of them in 1870. And the same person, Krupp, gave the arms in that war.\n\nSee ya, buddy...
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World War I: 1914-1918\nWorld War II: 1939-1945
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No, the only thing war changes is who controls what piece of land and sometimes borders. No one really wins these things though.