When the First World War engulfed Europe in August 1914 it was widely believed that sea power would be a decisive factor. In the decade before the war, Germany had begun to expand their fleet of ...

A 1917 Elgin wristwatch, which many American officers wore in World War I. Prior to the war, men rarely wore wristwatches, but officers needed them to coordinate movements across a vast battlefield.

One hundred years ago, in the summer of 1914, a series of events set off an unprecedented global conflict that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 16 million people, dramatically redrew the ...

The 5 Most Surprising Inventions to Come Out of World War I 4 minute read A wristwatch made by the Elgin National Watch Company of Elgin, Illinois, in 1917.

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professor Richard Faulkner talked about the advances in technology by the beginning of World War I and the consequences of those advances in the ...

Another inaccurate prediction merged airplane and tank — both revolutionary World War I military technologies — into one future vehicle.