By: Hannah, Tyler, and Alexandra
It's hard to picture what World War I would be like if the industrial revolution never happened. Maybe, it wouldn't have happened. Industrialization gave the more advanced and powerful countries the power to take over lesser ones. It's arguable that part of what led to the first World War was the choice of certain countries to attack other ones. The Industrial Revolution led to more war technologies, like tanks, new guns, and even armor. These new weapons could kill faster, more efficiently, and on a larger scale than ever before. It is estimated that over 16,000,000 people were killed, and 10,000,000 more were wounded from WW1. Weapons could be fired faster, with less time preparing them, and war vehicles like tanks could not only crush defenses, but they could eliminate tons of people at a time. It's clear that the amount of casualties would have been much less without the more advanced weapons from industrialization.