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War & Politics
All Episodes of The Great War: The Complete History of World War I
Browse all episodes of The Great War: The Complete History of World War I
Documentary•
War & Politics
All Episodes of The Great War: The Complete History of World War I
Browse all episodes of The Great War: The Complete History of World War I
A comprehensive program that examines the events of World War I year by year, highlighting significant technological developments that ultimately brought the fighting to an...
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N/A/100 votesTechnology: Land Warfare
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/12/2006
Artillery had changed out of all recognition and the killing power of the machine gun soon rendered the vestiges of 19th Century warfare redundant. The problem was that tactics had not developed to make best use of the new technologies resulting in wholesale slaughter on the Western Front. A new terror weapon emerged in the form of gas which was first used by the Germans on the Eastern Front.
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