Sputnik I was the world's first ever artificial satellite that launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. This marked the start of the "space age" which pushed the race between the US and the USSR in the field. Because of this "competition", many scientific discoveries were made to study and even travel to outer space.
It allowed them to produce more ammunition for their country
Germany: they were able to hold their trench and kill British forces in once of the bloodiest days in war history.
Britain planned to quickly go "over the top" of their trench and take the German trench. However, Germany's defense was much stronger than anticipated leading to high levels of British death. Over 57,000 causalities occurred just on this one day of fighting. <span />
He wanted to make lutheranism the more “major” religion