Overview

World War I and World War II can be respectively described as the first mechanized, and first electronic, wars. Though warfare throughout the centuries had seen the development and improvement of weapons and other technologies of warfare, truly mechanized warfare, where advanced mechanical technology began to play a major role in how wars were fought, was only possible after the Industrial Revolution and the establishment of an advanced industrial base that included advanced refining, machining, and assembly-line techniques. In the First World War, such techniques were still in their infancy, while in the Second World War they reached their peak and were augmented by the new world of electronic warfare. For this reason, while the Second World War is often seen as a continuation of the First World War in political terms, it can also be seen as a continuation and...