Effects of Technologies
Keeping a modern military is the key to success. Technology made countries change their tactics to account for new inventions such as the tank or machine gun. The first battle that a tank was used in was the battle of Somme in 1916 which was one of the longest and deadly battles of the war. More than 1 million soldiers were killed or wounded and the battle lasted for almost four months. The first battle that planes were used was in 1915 where the Germans made the first gun synchronized fighter plane which shot down allied observation balloons. Observation balloons were used to direct artillery fire. The use of combined arms (infantry, tanks and planes all at once) required armies to change strategies to protect artillery from bombers, have infantry wear gas masks ,have anti- tank rifles to attack incoming planes, or have snipers to shoot approaching infantry.