WWI had technological advances that many countries tried to keep up with. Because of this, rivalries were made.
Tracer Rounds as mentioned in the second paragraph as “flaming bullets”, are known as tracers in modern times. Tracers are bullets with a coating of material that will ignite and illuminate the projectile as it is launched. Successfully invented in 1916, tracers were made for the sake of nighttime warfare. Prior to the use of this special ammunition, nighttime battles were difficult to partake in as visibility was poor. Using this would allow an upper hand through the darkness allowing for the soldiers to see where they are firing and to see the target from a distance. This is a technology that still exists today and is used by military forces all around the world.
Huts were a way for the soldiers to essentially relax after a long day of fighting. Funded and created by YMCA, huts became very common throughout the Great War. Since the beginning of the war in 1914 until the end of the war in 1918, huts impacted the lives of soldiers drastically. Often times soldiers came to huts to forget the war even for a little bit. Surrounded by death and destruction, huts gave them a sense of home by housing telegrams, home cooked food, books, magazines, and even letters from civilians. In addition to those sentiments, huts also had spiritual and mental healers in order to calm those and the families of war. In today's world, huts are still used my soldiers to house many things in order to keep sanity.
Hydrophones were made during the Great War as armies would attack from various ways. Hydrophones were telegraphs for the water. Used mainly in war, they would help the soldiers figure out where enemies are and ultimately have the upperhand of communication under water. In 1914 Reginald Fessenden primarily invented hydrophones to locate icebergs inspired by the Titanic incident. Although it wasn't very effective, in 1916 Paul Langevin and Constantin Chilowsky improved its use for war. The hydrophone relied on piezoelectricity, which is a electric charge that is held in certain minerals. Quartz was held between two metal plates that would react to pressure of airwaves. When this happened, it would give away depth and direction of the opposing enemy ship. Since it was easy to communicate on land, they had to expand as technology and armies were branching to other ways to attack and communication was key. It marked the beginning of radars and various water defenses and offenses that we use today. Ships were becoming more popular and the military had to keep up with the technologies that are being made and used.
During any war time, being able to communicate with families and friends is very important and common. Wartime is a difficult time and not everyone can take it the same way without keeping themselves together. Homesickness was common throughout soldiers. Especially being away from home for so long, men had families and friends they would write to so they are not completely forgotten and for reassurance on both sides for caring for each other. Soldiers didn't know when or if they would make the war through and writing home helped them a lot.
Tracer Rounds as mentioned in the second paragraph as “flaming bullets”, are known as tracers in modern times. Tracers are bullets with a coating of material that will ignite and illuminate the projectile as it is launched. Successfully invented in 1916, tracers were made for the sake of nighttime warfare. Prior to the use of this special ammunition, nighttime battles were difficult to partake in as visibility was poor. Using this would allow an upper hand through the darkness allowing for the soldiers to see where they are firing and to see the target from a distance. This is a technology that still exists today and is used by military forces all around the world.
Huts were a way for the soldiers to essentially relax after a long day of fighting. Funded and created by YMCA, huts became very common throughout the Great War. Since the beginning of the war in 1914 until the end of the war in 1918, huts impacted the lives of soldiers drastically. Often times soldiers came to huts to forget the war even for a little bit. Surrounded by death and destruction, huts gave them a sense of home by housing telegrams, home cooked food, books, magazines, and even letters from civilians. In addition to those sentiments, huts also had spiritual and mental healers in order to calm those and the families of war. In today's world, huts are still used my soldiers to house many things in order to keep sanity.
Hydrophones were made during the Great War as armies would attack from various ways. Hydrophones were telegraphs for the water. Used mainly in war, they would help the soldiers figure out where enemies are and ultimately have the upperhand of communication under water. In 1914 Reginald Fessenden primarily invented hydrophones to locate icebergs inspired by the Titanic incident. Although it wasn't very effective, in 1916 Paul Langevin and Constantin Chilowsky improved its use for war. The hydrophone relied on piezoelectricity, which is a electric charge that is held in certain minerals. Quartz was held between two metal plates that would react to pressure of airwaves. When this happened, it would give away depth and direction of the opposing enemy ship. Since it was easy to communicate on land, they had to expand as technology and armies were branching to other ways to attack and communication was key. It marked the beginning of radars and various water defenses and offenses that we use today. Ships were becoming more popular and the military had to keep up with the technologies that are being made and used.
During any war time, being able to communicate with families and friends is very important and common. Wartime is a difficult time and not everyone can take it the same way without keeping themselves together. Homesickness was common throughout soldiers. Especially being away from home for so long, men had families and friends they would write to so they are not completely forgotten and for reassurance on both sides for caring for each other. Soldiers didn't know when or if they would make the war through and writing home helped them a lot.
