At the beginning of the twentieth century, small standing armies marched around or got on and off troopships. European nations swelled to a million or more men as WWI sucked more and more men into battle. Over the last hundred years, the challenge of moving such armies has become an important factor in war. This episode tells the story of how machines have been used, and are being used to transport armies and all of their equipment over land, across sea and in the air.
From the beginning of the twentieth century to today, war has radically transformed. Through mechanisation and industrialisation, the methods used to settle conflicts have made the art of war more hi-tech, more expensive, and more devastating than ever before.
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