Technology In World War 2

Technological
advancements prior to the war set the stage for the tactical doctrine that would characterize
the conflict. The new tactical needs of the War meant that the battlefields of the First World
War served as a proving ground for a variety of weapons. The aftermath of the wholesale
slaughter inflicted by these new technologies produced the Geneva Conventions.

The introduction of rifled small arms and artillery had altered the nature of warfare
in the 50 years leading up to WWI. Prior to the widespread distribution of rifled weaponry,
warfare relied more on maneuver warfare and the violence of action. Napoleon's success in the
1810s was due to his ability to out maneuver and manage his resources to overwhelm his enemy. In
the 50 years after his campaigns, machining developed so that rifles could be produced in great
numbers, and by the American Civil War in the early 1860s, rifled small arms and artillery
forced an early...