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In this section it is advisable to study the causes, practices and effects of a variety of wars from at least two Regions, World Wars included.

Some wars explained on other pages, but which can still be used for this section, are: the Vietnam War, the Korean War, and the Chinese Civil War.

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Contents 1 Practices of War 1.1 WWI 1.2 WWII 2 Effects of War 2.1 WWI 2.2 WWII

[edit] Practices of War

[edit] WWI

• Mostly deadlocked trench warfare
• Rudimentary tanks
• air power (early dogfighting in the air; Germans had dirigibles)
• Mustard gas used with mixed results (see poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est"
  • effective against ground troops, however, if the wind blew the wrong direction, the people releasing the gas could be maimed or killed - the fate intended for their target.

[edit] WWII

• Blitzkrieg('lightning war') used by Hitler, especially to invade Poland.
  • A combination of tanks, air power, artillery and infantry to overwhelm the enemy
• Total War
  • Civilians targeted, especially with bombing
• Carpet-bombing and firebombing (with napalm)
  • HUGE portions of Japanese cities were burned (more info)
• Better tanks could effectively overcome the deadlock of trench warfare
• Atomic bomb

[edit] Effects of War

In many cases, the causes and course of war can be integrated into a discussion of its effects. These are some of the main effects that don't fit into other categories.

[edit] WWI

• Versailles Treaty: Germany has:
  • Limited armed forces
  • Lost territory
  • Weimar Republic in power

[edit] WWII

• Stage is set for the Cold War:
  • Power vacuum in Eastern Europe