Bang! Bang! Boom! were a few of the agonizing sounds heard many times during the decade where firearms and explosions were used to express a national idea in an attempt to further a political cause. Within the decade of 1910-1920, many thought that national pride and respect could be gained through harming others, hurting another countrys feelings by taking away their self-respect, and by vanishing the lives of many. Political statements were protested and emphasized by the scientific, historical, artistic, and lyrical contents of this era. Sadly, many influenced their ideas by committing actions the cycled into many tragic events; events that led to a decade of chaos and unrest, a decade that couldnt sleep.The Great War as it was called, lead to many innovations in many areas. But one area has continued to lend us innovations that were derived some eighty-four years ago. The development in science and technology became quick necessities that, at the time, were needed not only to control the chaos but protect those who were innocent. Although many advancements between 1914 and 1918 we still use today, there are two that have proven to be as important today as they were during the chaotic day of the second decade of the twentieth century.Imagine the British citizens watching large chaos covered prototypes of the tank being tested in Britains countryside. British officials, in order to conceal their use, told many who asked that new tanks were being built to carry water across the desert and named them W.C. or water carrier. The initials for this stood for the toilet and so the name water tank or tank was born (Uschon 31). In 1915 when Britain built the first tank the French were not far behind in developing their own tanks for the battlefield (Asimov 98). Winston Churchill was responsible for initiating the development of such large vehicles (The New Illustrated Science and Invention Encyclopedia 60). The need for tanks ca...
