1. World War 1 Weapons
... the reasons for the three consequences of the Great War. The first consequence that the war caused was increases in casualties. The use of machine guns and mortars automatically increased the number of men that died in battles. "At Loos, in September 1915, twelve attacking British battalions- about ... quiet battles that lasted hours, numbers of death slowly rose. One can clearly see that the main weapons that caused increases in casualties were machine guns and artillery weapons. The second consequence that the war caused was trench warfare. The reason for trench warfare was new weapons...
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