When you hear of the years 1936-1945 you think Planes, Ships, Rockets, and a lot of casualties. 1936 was the official year in which World War Two began, sparking an new age of military technological advancements, in which countries wanted to build the strongest and most destructive new weapons to win the war. The new inventions were based off old designs that were not as strong or couldn’t with stand much damage. This occurred in planes, ships, and bombs. The war between the Axis Powers (Germany, Japan, and Italy) and the Allies (U.S.A, Great Britain, and The Soviet Union) was won based off of who could inflict more damage, with stand and overcome extensive attacks. Faster and larger planes were developed, like the Me 262, to the B-29 Superfortress. Bigger, Stronger, and multipurpose ships were created like battleships, u-boat, and the aircraft carrier, which dominated the seas. Also new rockets were invented the that could reach farther places in a short amount of time like the V-1 and V-2 rockets, which have lead modern day cruise missiles. During World War Two the Allies and the Axis powers figured out that more speed and destruction was the best way to win the war. This lead to the invention of the jet plane the Me 262, it was the fastest plane of its time. The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) was a single man jet that was powered by two Junker Jumo turbojets . It weighed 144,938lbs fully loaded and could reach a maximum speed of 536mph and reach a maximum of 22,880 feet . All though Me 262 was slower then what it could have been because German leader Adolf Hitler wanted the jets to be able to drop bombs, this cause a great reduction in speed. Another shortcoming for the jet was that it was completed and mass-produce... ... middle of paper ... ...r bomb, it is the most devastating inventions of the 20th century but a triumph none the less. World War Two as devastating as it was lead to new ways of protecting our country and allowing or country to live the lives that we do today. With out the sacrifices during the 1940’s our world could not be as technologically advanced as it is today. Works Cited 1) Norman Polmer, and Bell Dana, One Hundred Years of World Military Aircraft , (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2004), chap. 4-5. 2) Philip Kaplan , Battleships, (Great Britain : Aurum Press Ltd, 2004), 22-195. 3)Fritz Kohl, and Eberhard Rossler, The Type XXI U-Boat, (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2002), 7-8. 4)Walter Grunden, Secret Weapons and World War II Japan in the Shadow of Big Science, (Lawrence Kansas : University Press of Kansas , 2005), 135-136.
By the end of World War I the world was beginning to realize the ability air combat presented. When World War II started planes became much more effective. Though still fabric covered, the aircraft were faster and more agile than the variants used in the Great War. In 1938, the first year of the Second World War, Curtiss unveiled their P-40 Warhawk. This aircraft was one of the best of its time and laid the foundation for modern aircraft engineering. But by 1940 the German Luftwaffe had begun to develop faster, long-ranged fighter-bombers. All current Allied aircraft could not keep up with the long range of the B-17 bombers who needed escort. In 1940, North American Aviation received an order from Britain requesting another shipment of
In today’s world, the use of airplanes in wars or in everyday life has become a part of how we live as human beings. Removing the air forces of the world is like taking a step back in time when wars were only fought on land or sea. WWI began only eleven short years after the Wright brothers achieved powered flight in 19031 and yet aircrafts were being used for surveillance and eventually combat purposes. It is understood that these aircrafts were primitive, but they laid down the foundation for what we know today as fighter jets. The Fokker Eindecker “revolutionized air combat by successfully employing a synchronized forward -firing machine gun mounted on the engine cowling”2. Because this airplane became the first to successfully use a synchronized machine gun, it allowed its pilots to become the first aerial combat tactitions3.
A. The Road to Pearl Harbor. N. p. : Princeton, 1950. : ill. ; ill. ; ill. Print.
Airmen: An Illustrated History: 1939-1949.” Oct. 2012. Vol. 65 Issue 4, pg. 316-319. 4p. Ebsco Host. Tucker, Phillip Thomas, 1953. Web.2014.
The technological advances since WW1 introduced such things as the atomic bomb and new and improved sea and air warfare. The atom bomb was a big part of WW2 as people could be killed from a bomb from a long distance. This bomb also covered a long area killing more people and people of the area bombed could still be feeling the effects in the form of cancer. New air warfare such as fighter jets were introduced in WW2. These planes carried deadly bombs and could take out a large number of people. New sea warfare was introduced, such ships as the corvette were popular, and the corvette was mostly used for shipping ammunition to Europe from North America. Also, submarines proved deadly as they were out of radar and carried deadly bombs such as the torpedo.
Most of WWII took place half way through the 1940s, which had a reflective result on the majority of countries and citizens in Europe and Asia. The penalty of warfare lingered into the next part of the decade. Europe separated among the spheres of influence of the Soviet Union and the west foremost to the start of the Cold War. The 1940s also witnessed the premature early stages of new technologies including computers, nuclear power and jet propulsion, often first developed in tandem with the war effort, and later adapted and improved upon in the post-war era. The 1940s connects to the influence of contemporary America because it was the decade that changed so many things in life not only the government. In general our world as we knew it changed for the better and worse. The 1940s did the most to influence contemporary America because the U.S culture and society had changed a lot especially the role of women, many families were greatly impacted. The aspect of technology was completely revolutionized. During the decade the wealth rebounded from despair; big business improved its flawed public status; income and wages reached new heights; and dominant original sectors of the economy urbanized, particularly in the fabrication of buyer goods and armed forces hardware.
Blair Jr., Clay, (1975). Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, p. 78. p. 1072. Buell, Thomas B. -. (1987)
Johnson, David E. Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1998. Print.
Lawson, Robert L., and Barrett Tillman. U.S. Navy Air Combat: 1939-1946. Osceola, WI: MBI Pub., 2000. Print.
In the fall of 1931, the Atlantic Ocean was the boiling point of a criminal battle between the British and Germans. Most people think that the Battle of the Atlantic may have decided World War II’s outcome. This battle was the dominating factor throughout the war. The Battle of the Atlantic was a violent and destructive battle. Many people lost their lives fighting in this battle. New technology was one of the major factors in the Allies winning the long and crucial Battle of the Atlantic.
Miles, Rufus E. Jr. “Hiroshima: The Strange Myth of Half a Million American Lives Saved.” International Security (1985): 121-140.
Preston, Anthony. Submarines: The History and Evolution of Underwater Fighting Vessels. London: Octopus Books Limited, 1975.
In the war between countries, technology has played a huge part in the outcome; this is especially evident during the time of World War II. Technology in warfare consisted of weapons, vehicles, aircrafts, and chemical reactants. Technology during World War I was lacking and countries knew when World War II began that in order for them to be victorious they must have the most technologically advanced weapons and other devices or systems that would benefit the nation. The Allies were victorious in WW2 because they made better use of the available technologies than the Germans, advancing in communication/detection systems such as sonar and the radio, as well as, weapons including the atomic bomb, and bomber aircrafts.
Mankind has created many inventions that marvel us, fascinate us, and even scare us. When war comes around, each country is coming at each other with a new innovation, each creating something that would be better than the other. I will be talking about the main inventions of World War II and how they helped their side such as, Tanks, Radar, and Jet engines.
Unikoski, Ari. “The War in the Air - Summary of the Air War”. First World War.com. 2009. http://www.firstworldwar.com/airwar/summary.htm