The machine-gun was a game-changing weapon of mass destruction ... He believed that his invention would instantly convey to the military a reason not to go to war in the first place, or at ...

The Germans’ use of chlorine prompted a chemical arms race in which scientists and military leaders worked hand-in-hand to develop more lethal weapons. French researchers soon developed phosgene ...

The necessity to upgrade defence systems due to the development of deadlier weapons explains the importance of the trenches in WW1 It had been ... to use traditional military tactics without ...