innovations in weaponry 1800- yesterday. back in 1800…

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

Mustard Gas…

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?