A Clash of Military Cultures: German and French Approaches to Technology Between the World Wars,

Abstract

The First World War was a period of extraordinarily rapid technological development. Military technology had changed dramatically in the decades before World War I, but even the most perceptive pre-war military thinkers of 1914 were unable to predict the pace of wartime technical development. The militaries of World War I had to adapt to the emergence of the airplane, motor vehicle, tank and poison gas as major new weapons. Commanders, general staffs and war departments had to try to master the variety of new technology and adapt technology to operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA323798

Entities

People

  • James S. Corum

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Anti-Aircraft Guns
  • Anti-Tank Guns
  • Artillery
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Employment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Aviation
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Second World War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Science and Technology Research and Modernization.