Mk I: Military Advancements In World War II

When the Allies landed in Normandy they immediately realized the flaw of the Sherman tank. The gun of the Sherman could not penetrate the front of a Panzer IV unless the tank got within 100 yards of the German tank. “The tank was a compromise and has some flaws as well, especially when facing German late

There were great strides made in the development for better, more mobile Field Artillery during World War II. There was a great need for troops behind enemy lines which led to the use of a new, untested method known as Airborne Artillery. The ability to deploy Artillery units behind enemy lines changed the battlefield and set the tempo for the remainder of the battle. Operation Husky was a key campaign in World War II where the Allied Forces took Sicily from the Axis Powers. The German and Italian forces thought that they had predicted what the Allied Forces would attempt. The Axis Powers were actually take by surprise. The United States and Great Britain were the leading Allied Forces during World War II. The Invasion of Sicily was a large scale amphibious and airborne operation was followed by nearly six weeks of land combat and launched the Italian Campaign.

The first tanks came with the internal combustion engine and caterpillar tracks. These, however, were quite unreliable and broke down very frequently. The naval force devised bigger, stronger ships with bigger guns. Their new and improved submarines were imperative in this war. They aided in the strategy of war of attrition, or breaking the enemy down by attacking its personnel and supplies.[viii]

I believe that World War II was a continuation of World War I because of some not resolved issues. Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by expanding the military and invading Poland. One of the events that led to the beginning of World War 1 was: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism; which stands for MAIN. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia but they then joined up with Russia. After, Germany declared war on Russia which caused the war to expand. World War I ended in 1918 when Germany surrendered. It also had a great impact on European countries after it ended.

In the winter of 1944, Allied forces in Europe found themselves at the mercy of a massive German offensive. It only took days for the thirteen divisions of German armor to push the allies into such a retreat that contemporary press named the battle after the “bulge” that appeared in the Allied lines. Initially, German soldiers outnumbered the Allies 2:1, while their tanks, the Panzer IV and the Tiger II, completely outclassed their allied counterparts. However, within the weeks, the offensive collapsed. The tanks were out of gas. There was not even enough aviation fuel for the Luftwaffe to cover the retreat (Cole).

The development of the allied military strategy in World War II (WWII) presented challenges for the U.S. and Great Britain as they worked together to defeat the Axis powers. First, this paper will review the environment at the time of WWII when Admiral Stark penned the “Plan Dog” memorandum and MAJ Wedemeyer’s War Defense Team put together the “Victory Plan”. Next, it will look at the advantages and disadvantages of coalition operations with supporting examples. Then, a review of two major meetings between U.S. and Great Britain will identify what strategic decisions were made and the effects they have on the war. Finally, this paper will explore the foundations of strategy (Clausewitz and Sun Tzu) by which the allied forces used and

Military Technology In World War 2 Advanced military technology during ww2 was ultimately a key to victory for the allied forces. “It is often said that few things advance technology and innovation as quickly as war. World War II was no different as each side worked tirelessly to develop more advanced and powerful weapons”. The M-1 Garand, a semi- automatic rifle that could pump out bullets with a far higher rate of fire.

In WWI, the western front was battled in trenches which means there were not many advancements in the war due to no man's land. No man’s land was the area between trenches that separate the the two sides fighting against each other. For this reason tanks were born into the war and kept growing in the 1900. The tank had a low centre of gravity and a long track length which made it easy to cross trenches and rough terrain. With 8mm thick armour covering this war machine, small arms would not damage the tank. But when faced with heavier fire there would be bullet splash, bullet splash is when a bullet hits the tank and parts of the inside of the tank would shoot into the faces of the crew members. The solution to this problem was that the crew

One of the most recognized technologic advancements in plans during world war one and two waqs the blitzberg plan. The World War Two era was a time of change. There were many technological advancements during this time. These advances can be categorized into three categories. They are weapon advances, vehicle advances, and strategic advances. This technology would change the face of war forever.

In World War II many tanks from all the nations were used in combat, but some of them were better and some were worse than others. Focusing on two major tanks of WWII, the American M4 Sherman and the German PanzerKampfwagenVI or more commonly known as the Tiger tank we are going to see which one comes out on top. The reasoning for choosing these two tanks to compare is a simple explanation, and that is because these tanks were very common in the war and both tanks fought against each other on the battlefield so it is important to take the information from the war to see how they stack up. During World War II America’s Sherman tanks were not as well constructed compared to Germanys Tiger tanks because of the time and specialized engineering that Germany put into their tanks.

Dive bombers and dive bombing were not merely limited to carrier-borne planes bereft of the size necessary for traditional level bombing. Indeed, while the Ju 87 did engage in anti-shipping activities in the North Sea, it made its name in the land battles of the European Theatre. During the initial Blitzkrieg as Germany first stormed east into Poland and then West all the way through France, the Stuka was a terrifying weapon of war. Missions of interdiction and close-air-support alike fell to the Ju 87, and the equipping of armored vehicles with Stuka radios enabled on-call air support to specific locations as necessary. Later in the war on the Eastern Front, the Ju 87 evolved into a potent anti-armor weapon thanks to the addition of two high-velocity 37mm cannon in addition to its typical bomb load. Squadrons claimed dozens of tank kills in single confrontations, and Hans-Ulrich Rudel, among the most decorated pilots in all the luftwaffe, claimed a total of 519 armored vehicles destroyed. While the Allied forces did not deploy a dedicated dive bomber during their liberation of Europe, the United States used the hulking P-47 fighter-bomber as a multirole combat aircraft with dive bombing among its duties. Unlike the multirole dive bombers of yore, though, the P-47 was powerful enough to handle all its assigned roles and was a terrific interdictor. On

Whittle’s first prototype met with limited success in 1937. The National Academy of Science’s Committee on Gas Turbines reported that Whittle’s jet engine “couldn’t fly.” Whittle’s response was, “Good thing I was too dumb to know this.” Whittle’s E.28/39 engine first flew in the Pioneer airplane on 5 May 1941, tested by pilot Gary Sayer. Whittle’s next hurdle was the control of his invention. Now that Whittle had proved himself, the aircraft industry and government wanted outsource production of the jet engines to the companies that had made the piston driven engines. Rover was the first company given the building contract but quickly fell behind schedule. In 1943 the contract was given to Rolls Royce. Whittle thought that development should have been left with his company Power Jets, they knew what they were doing. The plans and an engine were sent to America to copy for its experimental P-59 Airacomet. Whittle was impressed with the level of enthusiasm the Americans showed. Meanwhile the Meteor was not ready to enter combat until 1944. The Me-626 airplane (German) never saw action with the Meteor because Hitler decreed that the Me-626 should be used as a ground attack aircraft instead of a fighter. The British 619 Squadron was the first unit to operate jet powered fighters in victory in August 1944. The Allies win the war but Whittle loses another battle.

The armored vehicle can be considered an ancestor to the modern war tank. Like many of his military inventions, it was designed to scare enemies off. The elaborate design featured a protective shield surrounding the conical tank, and thirty-two blunderbuss guns arranged circularly underneath the protective armor. It would have taken eight men inside the car to power the machine and fire the guns, continuously turning cranks in order to spin the wheel.

Because of this their goal became to design tanks with medium weight armor and focusing on gun platforms that were stable enough to hold larger guns. The medium m-3 was the first tank designed with this goal in mind. The British tanks had small mounting rings that would only support small guns. (?Armoured Warfare.? History Learning Site. Web. 04 Mar. 2016) the British did have one nice tank named the Matilda. This tank had armor of 70 mm and a two pound gun. The Germans did not have a tank shell that could penetrate through Matilda?s armor nor out-shoot her two pound gun. (?Armored Warfare.? History Learning Site. Web. 04 Mar.

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