TECHNOLOGICAL WARFARE

 World War II  was one of the most devastating wars that lasted from 1934 to 1945. The principal belligerents were the Axis power-German, Italy, and Japan and the Allies- France, Great Britain, the United States, the soviet union, and to a lesser extent China.

One can’t consider the Holocaust without wondering about the source of Adolf Hitler’s hatred for the Jews. In “Mein Kampf,” published in two volumes, in 1925 and 1926, Hitler himself explains that he had no special feelings about Jews before he moved to Vienna, in 1908, and that even then, initially, he thought favorably of them. He saw the light only after Germany’s loss in World War I, for which he held the Jews responsibly. During the second half of the 19th century, the Jews’ emancipation throughout most of Europe led to their increasing integration into society and into the modern economy. Hitler’s political theories blended with increasingly technical racial theories that imagined the Jews and other groups like Slavs and Gypsies, as biologically inferior to Aryans, the white northern European race that pure Germans were presumed to belong. this perverted his thinking and turned him against  Jews. this theory was favored by native German which resulted in the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.

 Apart from political warfare deliverance of advanced tech to the troops would change the course of Warcraft and would lead to dominance.   IN World War II technology played a significant role. Some of the technologies used during the war were developed during the interwar years of the 1920s and 1930s, much was developed in response to needs and lessons learned during the war, while others were beginning to be developed as the war ended.

Military weapons technology experienced rapid advances during World War II, and over six years there was a disorientating rate of change in combat in everything from aircraft to small arms. Indeed, the war began with most armies utilizing technology that had changed little from World War I, and in some cases, had remained unchanged since the 19th century.

During the war, the Germans produced various glide bombs, which were the first "smart" weapons; the V-1 flying bomb, which was the first cruise missile weapon; and the V-2 rocket, the first ballistic missile weapon. The last of these was the first step into the space age as its trajectory took it through the stratosphere, higher and faster than any aircraft. This later led to the development of the Intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM). Wernher Von Braun led the V-2 development team and later emigrated to the United States where he contributed to the development of the Saturn V rocket, which took men to the moon in 1969.

Naval warfare changed dramatically during World War II, with the ascent of the aircraft carrier to the premier vessel of the fleet, and the impact of increasingly capable Submarines on the course of the war. The development of new ships during the war was somewhat limited due to the protracted period needed for production, but important developments were often retrofitted to older vessels. Advanced German submarine types came into service too late and after nearly all the experienced crews had been lost.

The most important shipboard advances were in the field of anti-submarine warfare. Driven by the desperate necessity of keeping Britain supplied, technologies for the detection and destruction of submarines were advanced at high priority. The use of ASDIC (SONAR)became widespread and so did the installation of shipboard and airborne radar. The Allies Ultra code-breaking allowed convoys to be steered around German U-Boat wolfpacks

The massive research and development demands of the war included the Manhattan Project, the effort to quickly develop an atomic bomb or nuclear fission warhead. The invention of the atomic bomb meant that a single aircraft could carry a weapon so powerful it could burn down entire cities, making conventional warfare against a nation with an arsenal of them suicidal. Following the conclusion of the European Theater in May 1945, two atomic bombs were then employed against the Empire of Japan in August, hastening the end of the war, which averted the need for invading mainland Japan

Equipment designed for communications and the interception of communications became critical. World war II  cryptography became an important application, and the newly developed machine ciphers, mostly rotor machines were widespread. By the end of 1940, the Germans had broken most American and all British military ciphers except the Enigma-based Typex. German radio intelligence operations during World war II were extensive. The intercept part of signals intelligence was for the most part successful but success in cryptanalysis depended in large part on loose discipline in enemy radio operations.

To visualize these technologically the warfare. These are the few recommendations that get you a heart of the process and struggle, GREYHOUND, THE IMITATION GAME, THR FORGOTTEN ARMY, FURY, APOCALYPSE WWII (DOCUMENTARY)

World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history. It resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, a majority being civilians. World War II was one of the great watersheds of 20th-century political history.

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ELESAite Avantika Makesar

Assistant ARO,ELESA