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World War I: Advancements During The Great War

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On November 11, 1918, the Great War came to an end. The allies had won and one thing was certain. The advancements in technological weaponry had guided us to victory. Among the advancements were tanks, submarines, flamethrowers, poison gas, and machine guns. But one advancement in particular allowed us to take the war off land. The airplane was invented in 1903 by the Wright Brothers. Eleven years later World War I had begun. During the first year of conflict, airplanes were mostly involved in observation missions called reconnaissance. In observation missions the airplanes would fly above battlefields and determine the movements and position of enemies while also taking photographs. These missions often proved to be very dangerous

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