Atlantic WW1

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler

Having now listed 10 major technologies which debuted in WW2

Actually make that 12. I forgot to mention amphibious vehicles and landing craft. And by 'landing craft' I don't mean rowboats or steamers beached on rocks. Those are called 'death traps', and as the British discovered, they don't work in daylight.

Of course, we've only discussed military technologies so far, we haven't even mentioned military strategies or tactics. In addition to modern amphibious warfare which debuted in WWII, culminating in D-Day landings, WW2 introduced modern land warfare as we know it today. That is, highly mobile mechanized forces able to maneouver on multiple fronts and deploy over long distances. As opposed to the static trench warfare seen on the Western Front in WW1. That fact alone, more than all the technologies put together, marks WW1 as the absolute antithesis of modern warfare.