HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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The new technology led to fewer refugees being displaced from their homes during the conflict.
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The new technology created deadlier weapons which led to increased military casualties in battles fought during the conflict.
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The new technology led to smaller nations joining large empires following the conflict.
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The new technology led to a reduced focus on transportation improvements following the conflict.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Observing the enemy in trench warfare was difficult, prompting the invention of technology such as the camouflage tree, a man made observation tower that enables forces to discreetly observe their enemy.
Detailed explanation-3: -The atomic bomb is the most obvious example, but the list of military technologies introduced between 1939 and 1945 includes as well jet aircraft, guided missiles, microwave radar, and the proximity fuse, to name just a few.
Detailed explanation-4: -Radar technology played a significant part in World War II and was of such importance that some historians have claimed that radar helped the Allies win the war more than any other piece of technology, including the atomic bomb.