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The Nature of Warfare in WW1

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The Nature of Warfare in World War One changeddramatically from previous wars. No longer werearmies about prestige and honour with only thousandsof soldiers going to war. World War One changed thatand had one of the highest amount of total humancasualties estimated at over 37 million people.

Before such times war was won relatively quickly andenemies surrendered when their loss was high. WorldWar One became to be the start of Attrition Warfarein modern times.

Attrition Warfare according to the Australian Defenceglossary is A style of warfare characterised by theapplication of substantial combat power that reducesthe adversary's ability to fight through loss ofpersonnel and material. Attrition warfare usually isseen when stale mates occur. One particular exampleis the trenches in the western front where the onlything to do is slowly wear down the enemy. It can alsobe caused by a great imbalance in Equiptment as seenin the battle of Verdun. In the battle of verdum theFrench and Germans attacked each other but theGermans had mass artillary which made attacks

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Weapons- In times preceding World War One it wasrelatively hard to mass slaughter the enemy but withthe advent of early automated weapons it was thenpossible to kill thousands of men in a short amount oftime. At the beginning of World War One , cavalry waswhat was thought would win the war but with thedevelopment of Mobile artillery and Armouredvehicles, early tanks emerged.

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Germans had mass artillary which made attackspointless for the French adding to the stalematecausing Attrition warfare. Attrition warfare along withmass numbers of military personnel compared toprevious wars is what has made World War One sodeadly.

Men in the trenches WW1

Women working in munition factories WW1

Communications in World War One was vital forgathering intelligence and communicating plansthroughout the battle field. Some of thecommunication systems used were very basic becauseat the time the telephone was only recently inventedand radios were at very early stage. Messages were notencrypted much until the advent of the EnigmaMachine.

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The Industrial Revolution that preceded the war alsochanged the nature of sarin the respect that weaponsand munitions could be mass produced in wartimefactories. These factories had female workers becausemost men were at war this caused a society change in

the employment of women. These factories were oftenrun by the government and had extremely dangerousconditions. These factories along with the industrialrevolution which caused this changed were crucial tothe supply of weapons at war and allowed the natureof warfare to change.

Men working at a military telephone exchange

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