Project Gutenberg 2014-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 311 Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell) 1876 1937 Bond, Alexander Russell 19011377 Inventions of the Great War E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Inventions of the Great War" by A. Russell Bond is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work explores the significant inventions that emerged during World War I, particularly focusing on their impact on warfare and military strategy. Through a detailed examination, the author highlights inventions such as the airplane, submarine, machine-gun, and more, emphasizing the American contributions to these technological advancements. At the start of the narrative, the author sets the stage for understanding the technological landscape at the onset of the Great War. The opening portion discusses the unexpected preparedness of the German military, their rapid mobilization, and the subsequent transition to trench warfare, which drastically altered the nature of combat. It describes how both sides adapted to these new conditions, leading to innovations in defensive techniques, including elaborate trench systems and new weaponry designed to break the stalemate of trench warfare, highlighting the ingenuity and resourcefulness of the combatants involved. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45269/45269-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 63.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Inventions World War, 1914-1918 -- Technology T Text Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare Category: Engineering & Technology 510551 2025-08-18T10:29:29.754617 text/html 476977 2024-10-24T04:22:30 text/html 5669796 2025-08-18T10:29:41.643580 application/epub+zip 5665071 2025-08-18T10:29:32.674609 application/epub+zip 260031 2025-08-18T10:29:31.066570 application/epub+zip 5805276 2025-08-18T10:29:48.126479 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5737178 2025-08-18T10:29:39.597589 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357938 2022-09-20T16:33:21.205818 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 412114 2025-08-18T10:29:28.199623 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 392177 2024-10-24T04:22:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16865 2025-08-18T10:29:48.329476 application/rdf+xml 16708 2025-08-18T10:29:31.199552 image/jpeg 3029 2025-08-18T10:29:31.131586 image/jpeg 5200256 2025-08-18T10:29:30.052556 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog