Germany's Role In Ww2

The technological developments during the campaign affected the significance of the bombing of Germany during the Second World War. In 1939-1941, there were less planes, or navigational

There are many different factors attributed to Germany’s early success during the Second World War. While some factors were more significant to the German’s success, there is no debating that all of them contributed to the German’s attacking and conquering of Europe. It took quite a while for the Germans to begin to have trouble winning battles. The early success of Germany from 1939 to 1941 was due to Western Europe being afraid to have another World War, America’s lack of initial intervention, the Blitzkrieg, and Adolf Hitler’s intelligent militaristic strategy.

Airplanes were in a similar position as tanks - the technology was really too new and immature for effective combat use. At best, the airplane provided better observation and reconnaissance ability than previously available, but, in a static trench-warfare setting (with the commonly poor European weather), the amount of benefit this provided is easy to overstate. Tactical and strategic bombing was non-existent; the airplane would have to wait for the wars of

However, because of the unreliability of bomber commands performance the Nazis managed to quickly control the situation. They ensured that no photographs or news reports were published from the bomb stricken reports meaning that the rest of Germany could only gather information from stories and tales. On top of this only a small part of Germany was bombed as the allied forces simply did not have the technology to reach the majority of the Reich. That it was relatively easy for the country to regroup, resulting in heavy retaliation and a continuous growth in German production. However, in the last years of the war bombing technology drastically improved and the attacks were relentless. As opposed to less than one quarter of bombs dropping within five miles of the target, each bomb now hit their target and inflicted maximum damage due to new aiming technology. Bombing raids were now performed twenty-four hours a day, in the night by Bomber Command and in the day by the heavily armoured bombers in the American 8th squadron. 1,500 bombers were now available after a huge increase in production speed, each with the

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was a single-engine, single-seat, metal fighter plane and ground-attack aircraft that was made by the Americans. The P-40 Warhawk fighters first flew in 1938 and caught the attention of the United States Army Air Corps, who placed the largest fighter plane order it had ever made for fighters for a count of 524 at a cost of US$13 million. This was the earliest serious fighter in WWII and did its job until better fighters came out. It was known as a safe and secure aircraft that was able to fly pilots back home after being shot up in action. Many variants of this plane were later created. In addition, the shark teeth graphics were a big feature on this plane.

Britain’s air force was a vital part of their military and defence when Hitler attempted to gain air superiority over England through the German Luftwaffe which was led by Hermann Göering. The radar system used to detect aerial attack in Britain was flawed in the beginning of the war and there was a shortage of anti-air craft guns. Radar could not predict the size and height of incoming enemy bombers and lacked detail that was necessary and vital for effective defence preparations. At the start of the Blitz, there were only 92 anti-air craft guns to defend London and the guns were outdated with a terrible fire control system.

Thus, in 1944 Germany produced 34,100 aircraft, but the allies produced 127,300. Allied production was higher in almost every aspect in 1944, including tanks, artillery, rifles and machine guns. Even though German military output trebled between 1941 and 1944 and Germany produced 1,500 tanks a month in 1944 (almost matching the American output) as well as 2,800 aircraft (which was similar to Soviet output), the fact is that Germany was becoming increasingly outgunned. Despite Germany’s respectable production rates, the allied forces combined had greater economic strength which enabled them to keep increasing their military production. Bombing did not destroy the German economy but it capped the possibility for economic expansion and was largely responsible for stopping the rapid growth of the German economy. The constant bombardment forced Germany to devote its remaining resources to military purposes.

The factors that made the Allied victory happen include the Germans beginning to effectively organize industrial production at the very least six months too late to give them a chance at victory. By the time they got the production to be swiftly working on weapons such as fighter planes, the Allies were in firm enough control of the air space. This meant that the Allied bombing prevented the German economy from reaching it’s full potential. Another flaw in the German production meant that tanks such as Tigers and Panthers, of which dominated tactical situations on the battlefield, had logistical and maintenance nightmares. If the Germans were to overcome their problems in production then it would have stood them in much greater stead, giving them an advantage over the Allies.

"World War 2 was a war fought in two distinct phases. The first was the last war of a new generation. The second was emphatically the first of a new era" . <br><br>"The British strategic bomber campaign was of doubtful cost effectiveness" . Bomber Command was by far the largest claimant on labour and factory space within the armed forces. Relative to their size they suffered more casualties than any other sector. <br><br>The Anglo-American bomber force was divided in terms of strategy. Bomber Command believed it was too risky to bomb by day, while the Americans believed it was too difficult to bomb by night. Initially both forces lacked accurate navigational equipment, which deterred them from precision bombing. <br><br>Germany developed a

World War II is probably the most famous war to date, but how were the weapons and tactics first used. Most of the weapons used in WWII were first designed in WWI, in fact that's when the flamethrower was invented. WWI and WWII have their fair share of similarities, such as the use of submarines. These similarities are also there differences, such as both wars using subs but WWII more heavily using them and making more advancements. The time period in between WWI and WWII was one of the most technologically advancing times in world history.

Spaatz would begin prewar doctrine of daylight bombing operations and flying in close formations and relying on protection of the fighter escorts. This would be a huge mistake with the deep-penetration missions. The bombers could out fly their escorts and the German fighter planes could have capitalized and overwhelm the formations and shoot down what would be known as a “acceptable loss”. The Air Force at the time were using the P-47 and the P-38 for escorts and the P-51 Mustang. But all of these aircraft still failed to protect the long range bombers of the time.

Many countries were involved in WWI, Germany being one of them. It is arguable whether Germany is responsible for the outbreak of war or rather the responsibility of individual countries such as Britain, Russia, France, Austria-Hungary and the Balkans collectively. However, Germany should be blamed to the full extent of starting WW1 due to the reasons that Germany had unconditional support for Austria, Germany 's war plans were planned to cause more conflict and Germany 's mobilization schedule.

At the time, it was equipped with the Allison engine. (Alex) At first, it was underpowered, but after undergoing multiple changes, it became a formidable fighter with its top speed of 437 miles per hour. Its initial year of service was 1942 in the war. It had a maximum range of 2,080 miles and its service ceiling was 41,900 feet.

Once World War 1 was over and a few years later world war two was starting the European countries took a different approach to this war. During the beginning of World war 2 from September 1939 to November 1941 Germany had many victories against other European countries and successfully conquered them. This affected other countries around Germany because they were worried Germany had a great amount of power and strength. Germanys approach to the war was to dominate all of Europe and creating Lebensraum. While Germany was on the Offensive France and the British were conservative and more on the defensive side of things. One of the main lessons the French and British hadn’t learned from World war 1 was, it was offensive power that eventually won

Over the skies of Britain, during late 1940 after the outbreak of WWII, Nazi Germany, under control of Adolf Hitler, was on its way of conquering the United Kingdom. On june 22nd of 1940, France had signed an Armistice to Germany, putting them out of the war and leaving Britain to fend for itself. The Luftwaffe, or German Air Force, had been using its tried and true Messerschmitt BF 109. The 109 was a deadly threat, but Britain had a few tricks up its own sleeve, one of them was the Royal Air Force’s new Supermarine Spitfire. Although both were well matched, and the 109 did occasionally better armament, it the Spitfire that came out on top, thanks to better agility and maneuverability, and believe it or not, better fueling allowing it to rule over the skies of Britain.