Technology In Ww2

World War 2 was the war fought between the Axis and Allied powers from 1939 to 1945. The Axis Powers involving Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the top Allies being the USA, Britain, France, and the USSR. The war was caused by a combination of short term causes -the Great Depression, German Expansion, and Appeasement- and long term causes - the Treaty of Versailles and Fascism-. Technology had a great impact on the outcome of World War 2. The development and use of technology extended the war time, amount of soldier casualties, and the overall victors of the war. The development of technology such as the coding machine Enigma extended the amount of time battles lasted. During the battle of Stalingrad, German troops were able to send encrypted messages to communicate. When they were being surrounded by the USSR, they communicated in code on how they were running low on numbers and what parts of the city they were the

With the development of technology such as long-range bombers and pilotless weapons, tactics such as the German Blitzkrieg were born. The military tactic of the blitzkrieg is to go in quickly on air and bomb the area below them. This causes mass destruction and chaos quickly without the need for ground troops. In the Battle of Stalingrad, the Germans began their attack by bombing the city before sending in their ground troops to take over the remains. By doing so, they catch their enemy off guard and destroy their first means of defence, saving their own troops the danger of that and protecting their lives. As a result, there was less casualties in the attack than if there would have been a confrontation between the troops. Although the new tactics helped protect troop lives, they also caused more deaths on those that they were being used against including innocent civilians. Advancement in technology helped new military tactics to be created affecting the amount of troop casualties in