The Nature of the conflict in WW1.
The First World War is considered to be the first ever ‘Modern War’, this is primarily due to the nature of conflict during the war. The nature of warfare changed dramatically during the early 20th century, and this is partly due to the Industrial Revolution.
The Industrial Revolution brought many changes to the battlefield as it provided better resources for inventions which could be used for battle. For instance, no longer was war considered to be one-on-one hand to hand combat. With the improvement of the gun and invention of the machine gun, almost anybody could become capable of killing many enemy soldiers. Industrialisation of the warring countries meant a better railroad system. In turn, this meant that moving the supplies of war to the front line could be done relatively easily unlike previous wars where supplies detemined how long a war went of for.
