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Technological Innovations During World War I

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I.6 Technological Innovations during the First World War The Great War of 1914-1918 or the First World War was centered on Europe, involving world's great powers, assembled in two belligerent allies the Allies and the Central Powers. It claimed the lives of about 9 million soldiers and 13 million civilians. It is said to be the second deadliest war in Western history.
The Great Powers of the world in 1914 were the German Empire, Austria-Hungarian Empire, Kingdom of Italy, British Empire, Russian Empire, French Third Republic, the United States, Empire of Japan, and the Ottoman Empire. According to a military agreement made in 1882 between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy, each nation promised mutual help in the event of an attack on any two other nations. The alliance, known as Triple Alliance, lasted until the beginning of World War I in 1914. An alliance among Great Britain, France and Russia, named as Triple Entente, was formed in 1907. This alliance was supported during World War I by various agreements with Japan, the United States, Portugal and Brazil. They fought against the Central Power made up of the German Empire, Austria-Hungarian Empire, Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria. …show more content…

They, however, consider 'militarism', 'alliances', 'imperialism' and 'nationalism', as major root causes for the war. Such simple interpretation of the origins of the First World War has recently posed challenging questions. Annika Mombauer has presented the current views of the significance and meaning of the origins of the First World War. James Joll and Gordon Martel have dealt of with the major theories, including the question of secret diplomacy, political/philosophical ideas, military plans, economics and internal conflicts within different countries, etc. for finding the origins the Great

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