World War 1 saw the emergence of new technologies that changed the nature of warfare. Trench warfare led to new adaptations by soldiers exhausted from living in trenches for weeks. German u-boats effectively sank British supply ships, threatening their navy. Meanwhile, Germany had more advanced aircraft and pilots, making their air force superior to Russia's. Overall, new machines of war like machine guns, submarines, and airplanes caused massive casualties and shaped the outcome of battles and the war.

1. TechnologyWorld War one was considered modern warfare because it was a war where the country with the most effective technology won which led to mass inventions of effective technology and weapons which are the base of the weapons and technology we have today; the new technology led to a different environment of war and the way war was fought and the outcome of war changed completely. Done By: Boss 9-6

2. Four weeks in the trenchesFritz Kreisler an Austrian officer who fought in trenches believes that soldiers are able to adapt to different environment and circumstance- s quickly due to exhaustion because trench warfare was tough for soldiers. U-9 Submarine AttackOtto Weddigen a German u-boat commander believes that the British were scared of German u-boats because it fired accurate torpedoes that won naval wars against the British and sunk their ship of supplies and soldierswhich threatened the welfare of the British navy.Air WarfareThe Red Baron a Germany aircraft pilot believed that Germany was more industrialized than Russia because they had more planes and new technologies that proved them superior.

3. ConclusionWorld War One was a war that included many European countries which were pulled in because of the alliance system. Many new technologies which changed the way wars were fought were invented which had a large impact on the war. Machine guns caused wars to be fought in trenches. U-boats started American involvement, and made naval battle more aggressive. Airplanes were used in wars for the first time ever. These new technologies were much more effective and have caused massive deaths and destructions. These new technologies are the base of the technologies we have today which are more advanced for it has been improved. As you can see, technology played a significant role in World War 1.

4. DOCUMENTSFour weeks in the trenches “ The same state of mind I find is rather characteristic of most people I have met who were in the war. It should not be forgotten, too, that the gigantic upheaval which changed the fundamental condition of life overnight and threatened the very existence of nations naturally dwarfed the individual into nothingness, and the existing interest in the common welfare left practically no room for personal considerations. Then again, at the front, the extreme uncertainty of the morrow tended to lessen the interest in the details of to-day; consequently I may have missed a great many interesting happenings alongside of me which I would have wanted to note under other circumstances. One gets into a strange psychological, almost hypnotic, state of mind while on the firing line which probably prevents the mind's eye from observing and noticing things in a normal way. This accounts, perhaps, for some blank spaces in my memory. Besides, I went out completely resigned to my fate, without much thought for the future.”http://h-net.org/~habsweb/sourcetexts/kreis1.htm

5. Air Warfare“ On the day mentioned our object was Manjewicze. Everything was ready. The aeroplanes were ready to start. Every pilot tried his motor, for it is a painful thing to be forced to land against one's will on the wrong side of the Front line, especially in Russia. The Russians hated the flyers. If they caught a flying man they would certainly kill him. That is the only risk one ran in Russia for the Russians had no aviators, or practically none. If a Russian flying man turned up he was sure to have bad luck and would be shot down. The anti-aircraft guns used by Russia were sometimes quite good, but they were too few in number. Compared with flying in the West, flying in the East is absolutely a holiday. ”http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1918richthofen.html

6. U-9 Submarine Attack“ How much they feared our submarines and how wide was the agitation caused by good little U-9 is shown by the English reports that a whole flotilla of German submarines had attacked the cruisers and that this flotilla had approached under cover of the flag of Holland. ”“The whole affair had taken less than one hour from the time of shooting off the first torpedo until the Cressy went to the bottom. Not one of the three had been able to use any of its big guns. I knew the wireless of the three cruisers had been calling for aid. I was still quite able to defend myself, but I knew that news of the disaster would call many English submarines and torpedo boat destroyers, so, having done my appointed work, I set my course for home. ” http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/U-9_Submarine_Attack