what was some of the ways WWI made it one of the worst war ever fought?

Answer 1

trench warfare. the soldiers lived in trenches full of mud and starved. plently of lice and othere diseas like trench foot. It took a long time to take over land bacause of trench warefare and the technology was very poor.

Answer 2

to give you an idea, after WWI, it was called "the ultimate last warf", "the big war".

for the first time, millions and millions of people died fighting, for the first time chemical weapon were used.

if you go to france, you will see that in each town, even the smallest village has its own momument to honorated the died soldier.

What does it means? That in each from town,from each small village, some young guys died. Each French family lost somebody in this war (and also other nation, but as a French I tell you how it has been sawn)

imagine in your country, each family crying for his son...
This is what happen there.

Moreover, the brutality of this war was new.As an example, in some months of the Verdun Battle, from 21/02/1916 to 19/12/1916,more than 300 000 peple died. Some small towns there were purely erased from the map !!!
have a look of what is it now, 90 years after (before were were villages )http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Battelfield_Verdun.JPG

and to fight this war, at the front, soldiers had to dig and to hide themselve there
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:French_87th_Regiment_Cote_34_Verdun_1916.jpg
When a bomb explosed closed to them, they died, burried alive...

for info, when in 1914 soldier went to fight the war, they all said they would be back at the end of september...most of them never came back, and 4 years later , it has been stopped only with the help of many countries, the most important beeing the USA.

Answer 3

The level of technology had outpaced the level of tactics and strategy. Many of the casualties that were take on both sides occurred simply because military doctrine remained largely rooted in the mid-to-late 19th Century; things like automatic weapons, war gases, quick-firing artillery and aircraft extended the range, rate and lethality of weapons without a corresponding adjustment to the tactics of offense or defense.

Answer 4

i understand you're actually not a Rhodes student, yet our way of existence isn't in jeopardy from all and sundry. contemporary a plausible conflict plan by a plausible enemy for a takeover of united states of america, and that i will take you heavily. What you do not seem to understand is that it may take one hell of an armada to even penetrate US waters and land troops here. Mexico and Canada are patently unable, and not proceeding to invade us. Waging conflict makes us greater susceptible, because of the fact whilst the fees come due, our defense force will face extreme cutbacks. Then somewhat of even a great, in a position defense force, somewhat than the extremely-juiced up one we've got, we are able to have a vulnerable, susceptible one. conflict fees funds, and you do not seem to understand that.

Answer 5

Stupid, stupid generals.
The previous school of military thought was to form your troops up in nice lines and advance towards the enemy's position, firing as they marching then switching to bayonet for the final attack. That is all right when a trained soldier can only fire a few shots per minute (due to reload time). The machinegun, on the other hand, fires hundreds of bullets per minute. Soldiers never got to bayonet point but generals still thought that was the way to win.

The trenches themselves, though they protected the troops, were horrible places to live (hint: when people start naming diseases after a fortification, then the fortification might not b good).

The war itself is said to have been unavoidable. Can't say the same for all the people who died, however. The generals (on both sides) had an uncanny knack for snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory.

Answer 6

Mass losses in each side, (we're talking millions here), the weather (know the battle of the Somme, they're still discovering bodies under the mud even now, whole men and horses were pulled under the mud and drowned in it.)
also the lack of technology, im not saying a bullet wound is 'clean', but it's definatly better than being blown to bits (although that does still happen now, the bombs back then were nast-ier) or mushed up by the horrible old weapons that they used to use. Also, remember the 'christmas truce'? imagine going out and meeting such nice guys, just like you, playing football and drinking coffee and tea with them even, and then the next day being told to blow them and their mates up, or take a shot at their heads.

It truly was one of, if not possibly the worst war.

Answer 7

There were no antibiotics to treat or prevent infections at that time and combined with more advanced weapons such as machine guns and mines which wounded and killed more people. Also chemical weapons were introduced with no effective way to prevent exposure to them. It was the first war to use aircraft as a weapon. There was a huge lost of life.

Answer 8

First war in which WMD's were used.

First war in which the concept of Total War was put into widespread practice.

First war in which the implements provided by the Industrial Revolution were widely available and used.

First war that included the aerial bombardment of cities.

First war in which trench warfare was widely practiced.

Etc.

Answer 9

because hitler and WWII rose after it..