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How did new technology impact the battle of somme?

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How did technology affect ww1?

The planning and conduct of war in 1914 were crucially influenced by the invention of new weapons and the improvement of existing types since the Franco-German War of 1870–71. The chief developments of the intervening period had been the machine gun and the rapid-fire field artillery gun.

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Tanks

During the Battle of the Somme, the British launch a major offensive against the Germans, employing tanks for the first time in history.

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