During World War I, nearly 40% of all casualties were causedby machine-gun fire. Some historians describe the effect of the machine gun asa weapon of mass destruction (WMD). Paul Farhi (2003), in “The Soothing Soundof Fighting Words” in The Washington Post, cited a quote by historian PaulFussell on the subject: “A machine gun, properly fired, is a weapon of massdestruction. We’re pretending that only awful and sinister people own weaponsof mass destruction. We own them, too. We just call them something else” (para.18). However, history has proven that a weapon in the hands of a well-trainedsniper can cause numerous deaths and casualties. Fully automatic firearms orsemiautomatic firearms can indeed inflict mass destruction, but are notclassified by the FBI as WMD . Numerous forms of WMD were used throughout WWIIeven though no country resorted to chemical warfare, short of tear gas. SuchWMD ranged from grenades, mines, artillery, and bombs to the attacks againstHiroshima and Nagasaki. Access the CSU Online Library or an outside source, andlocate a scholarly journal article on the use of WMD during World War II. UsingAPA format, write a two-page paper summarizing the use, implications, andrepercussions (i.e., side effects, sociological effects, or political effects)of the WMD. Within your paper, you must address if any of the uses of WMD maybe considered acts of terrorism. (Remember that terrorism is an act against anynonmilitary target that is meant to evoke political change.) Additionally, youmust address what actions could have been taken by either side in WWII to developcounteraction strategies that would have prevented the attack or would haveminimized the impact of the attack. In your conclusion, please provide asummary of your findings, and include an analysis of the impact of the specificWMD introduced in your paper along with how that WMD contrasts to probablefuture terrorist attacks.