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Innovations in Weaponry
1800- Yesterday
Back in 1800…
State of the World in 1800
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Machine Gun
• First introduced in the American Civil War
• Saw limited use due to unpredictable results
Ironclads
• C.S.S. Virginia v. U.S. Monitor
• Refitted ships with “iron sides”
• 3 hour battle with little damage to either side
Lighting the Powder Keg
World War I EXPLODES on the scene!!!
Powder Keg explodes!!!!
• Austro-Hungarian Empire– Full of many diverse peoples and cultures
• Austrians• Germans• Hungarians• Serbs• Bosnians• Slavs• Romanians• Croates• Czechs• Poles• Slovaks• Slovenes• Italians• Ruthenians
No Tolerance!!!
• Black Hand– A group of Serbian nationalists who wanted
Bosnia and Herzegovina to become part of a greater Serbia!!!
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
• Heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Traveled to Sarajevo to celebrate his engagement
• Shot by Gavrilo Princip– Member of the Black Hand
• Daddy not happy…
Austrian Response
• Austrian King Francis Ferdinand blamed the country of Serbia for his son’s death– Gave the country an ultimatum
• If Serbia didn’t do ask Austria asked they would go to war. ultimatum
• And now the dominoes fall…
Two Important AlliancesTriple Alliance
• Germany
• Austria-Hungary
• Ottoman Empire
Central Powers!!!
Triple Entente
• Great Britain
• Russia
• France
Allied Powers!!!
Entangling Alliances
• When Austria declared war on Serbia…– Russia was allies with Serbia and declared war
on Austria– Austria declared war on Russia– Germany was allies with Austria and declared
war on Russia– Serbia declared war on Germany– And…
More Entangling Alliances– Germany declared war on Great Britain who was allies
with Russia– Great Britain declares war on Germany and Austria– Austria declares war on Great Britain– France, who was an ally of Great Britain declares war
on Germany– Germany and Austria declare war on France– France declares war on Austria– Ottoman Empire declares war on France, Great
Britain, Russia, and Serbia, as they were allies with Germany and Austria
– Basically….
“Necessity is the mother of Innovation”
WWI Innovations
• Fighter plane• Trench warfare• Spade• Sniper rifle• Flame thrower• Tanks• Barbed wire• Machine gun• Mustard gas• U-Boat
Sopwith Camel F.1
World War II
Innovation Strikes Again…
• Aircraft Carriers
• Bombers
• Jet Fighters
• Useful Tanks
• Espionage
• And the big one…
B-29 Bomber
Barefoot Gen
Modern Warfare…
Guerilla Warfare
• Use of terrain and civilian population to help win a conflict against an enemy with superior numbers. – American Revolution– Vietnam War
• Agent Orange…
– The Battle for Algiers
Agent Orange
What is our responsibility when it comes to war?
Is this our fault?
