Written by: Remoon Gorkhali - 24004, Grade X
Posted on: 12 November, 2021
Many people might think that WWI and WWII have brought nothing but harm to families and it was nothing other than man slaughtering man but in truth WWI and WWII brought many changes to this world. WWI may have caused millions of people to lose their lives but it also brought many changes in fields like medicine, warfare, politics and society. WWI brought many changes to modern warfare because technology was important to survive this time a lot of things were made like tanks, planes, submarines etc because these weapons were mass-produced and even chemical warfare came to light when Germany used poison gas at Ypres in 1915. Later after century propaganda films were seen mostly used by the U.S to enlist soldiers for the allied forces later it was perfected by the nazi. Millions of soldiers survived the war but were left differently-abled and with permanent injuries. Skin grafts were invented for those with misconfigured faces. Blood banks were built in 1914. WWI also caused doctors to study psychology as opposed to physical stress. It also forced women to take jobs as before only males were allowed to have jobs. WWI brought a lot of changes to this world both good and bad. Bad in the sense that there are more dangers in war than just guns from soldiers. WWI brought naval warfare to the world which later developed into carrier ships where hundreds of planes could be transported through. WWI also brought the first full black regiment into the U.S and also the first full women regiment and vehicles with x-rays to help the soldiers. WWI also brought the first air battles like bombardments, planes with guns, torpedoes, etc. WWI was also a time where an epidemic killed thousands of people the epidemic that caused people to die is the Spanish flu. WWI also brought machine guns. You might think that WWI brought many things but they were almost all things that went and killed thousands but WWII was even more of a destructive and dreadful time which death toll far exceeded WWI which death toll was from 16 million to 20 million people while WWII death toll was around 70 million people. The cause for the drastic increase in the death toll is the new type of warfare that was used here that is chemical warfare, yes chemical warfare was used during WWI too but in WWII it was more destructive and powerful in WWI chemical warfare killed maybe around 100 at a time but in WWII the chemical weapons developed to the point that it could turn a city to nothing but plains with acid rains, land that can not be inhabited for years, etc.WWII also brought war underwater taking naval warfare to a whole new level. WWII brought homing missiles that follow the target. Vehicles were now armoured, guns were now able to shoot 100 bullets at once, missiles that could target land 100 km away from each other, plastic ballistics. Honestly, I too thought that WWI and WWII brought nothing but death and blood but it brought many things to better protect a country and medicines and techiness to save more people. It also helped people to stop discrimination against colour, religion, etc.
