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Modern Marvels
1993
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Modern Marvels
World War I Tech 11 Season 28 Episode
44 min
1993
8.7
The first bombing airplanes and widespread use of chemical weaponsโฆearliest tanksโฆsubmarines. When Industrial-Age technology and war first mixed on a large scale, the end result was ruthlessly efficient destruction. World War One epitomized the dark underbelly of the Industrial Revolution. We see how technological achievements that streamlined 19th-century production, improved transportation, and expanded science were used to efficiently decimate a generation of soldiers in the early 20th century.
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