Black Butchers, Big Berthas, and Bombardments: Technology and the Making of the Great War
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7-8pm
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Region: South Plaza, Midtown
Address: 5109 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64110
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816-926-8758
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Related Organization: Linda Hall Library of Science, Engineering, and Technology
Presented in person at the Linda Hall Library in association with the National WWI Museum and Memorial.
More military technological change occurred between 1865 and 1918 than in the previous four millennia of warfare combined. One of the most important of these changes, and the one that became the greatest killer of World War I, was modern artillery. However, the dominance of artillery created a host of unforeseen consequences that ultimately contributed to the ugly attritional character of the Great War. The rise of artillery also forced the development of new sciences and concepts of war, fueled the evolution of other technologies, such as aviation and motor transportation, and drew the home and war fronts ever closer together.
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