armaments and new technologies led to the creation of innovative and more effective weapons, such as heavy machine guns, more powerful and precise artillery, chemical weapons and the new Dreadnought class battleships. Germany in particular put great importance in developing a powerful military. Between the Franco-Prussian war and WW1, it increased its military spending by almost 350 percent, more than any other country at the time, and the growth of its army alarmed France, that increased the numbers…
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