HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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an early victory by the Allied powers
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the establishment of industrial capitalism
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the use of poisonous gas and submarine attacks
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an increase in ethnic tension in western Europe
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first large-scale use of lethal poison gas on the battlefield was by the Germans on 22 April 1915 during the Battle of Second Ypres.
Detailed explanation-2: -World War I popularized the use of the machine gun-capable of bringing down row after row of soldiers from a distance on the battlefield. This weapon, along with barbed wire and mines, made movement across open land both difficult and dangerous. Thus trench warfare was born.
Detailed explanation-3: -An estimated 100, 000–260, 000 civilian casualties were caused by chemical weapons during the conflict and tens of thousands (along with military personnel) died from scarring of the lungs, skin damage, and cerebral damage in the years after the conflict ended.
Detailed explanation-4: -Chemical weapons-World War I also introduced chemical weapons to warfare. Germany first used chlorine gas to poison unsuspecting Allied troops. Later, the more dangerous mustard gas was developed and used by both sides. By the end of the war, troops were equipped with gas masks and the weapon was less effective.