Mechanization of 20th Century Wars

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The mechanization of war, which began tentatively in the 19th century, has been its dominant feature in the 20th. This mechanization is most obvious, and most often thought of, in terms of weapons: machine-gun, aircraft, missiles.

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"The Shock of Speed
Mechanization in Three 20th-Century Campaigns:
Battle of France; Tet Offensive; Persian Gulf War
Introduction
The mechanization of war, which began tentatively in the 19th century, has been its dominant feature in the 20th. This mechanization is most obvious, and most often thought of, in terms of weapons: machine-gun, aircraft, missiles. Looking back at the experience of turn-of-the-century colonial wars, the intellectual Hilaire Belloc offered a mordant witticism in rhyme:
Whatever happens we have got
the Maxim gun, and they have not."

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