5. Story of England: Modern Warfare
Dan Snow's History Hit
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The Importance of Technology in the Second World War
There are high imperialists in the British government in 1918 who want to expand the empire as much as possible. That becomes increasingly difficult to sustain because of how much it will cost, and where you're going to find the forces for it. In some ways the peak of the empire being tied together as an economic unit is after the Great Depression - maybe in the 1930s. The First World War fueled a murderous race between the rival powers to develop the most effective ways to kill one another. Tanks were invented; chemical weapons like gas were introduced to the battlefield,. Aircraft went through a radical process of improvement during this period. One of the best examples of scientific development was the caring for casualties, rather
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