Weapons Evolution

The Evolution of Weapons from WWI to WWII

Two global wars dominated the twentieth century. The history of the world from 1900 to 1999 cannot be seen in a simple examination of the war years which essentially lasted from 1915 to 1945, but this period is so dominant in its creation of geopolitical boundaries, technology and alliances that it can be termed as the seminal period of the age. Because the two wars happened in such close conjunction it is also possible to take the period as one singular event. The fact that the second was an extension of the first also lends to this conclusion. Some may believe it is faulty logic to call one thirty year period early in a century the most poignant time within that century, but given the multiple impacts this period had on the entire world it is no stretch.

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