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Technology played a significant role in World War II.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.
Another technology taken to the US, by Henry Tizard, for further development and mass production, was the (radio-frequency) proximity fuse. It was five times as effective as contact or timed fuzes and was devastating in naval use against Japanese aircraft and so effective against German ground troops that General George S. Patton said it "won ...
An M3 tank under construction. The M4 Sherman became the standard American military tank in World War II. [1] Due to lack of development before the war leading to inexperience in tank design, the first large scale production of a medium tank was the M3 Lee, built for the US and the British, a compromise design with the main weapon mounted in the hull.
Radar is still used as an invaluable tool in air to ground communications. Today every plane in the air is tracked by Air Traffic control towers across the US. Most planes in the US and all Commercial planes carry a device known as a transponder. The transponder acts as an identification tool for aircraft allowing ATC towers to immediately ...
Baldwin, Ralph B. (1980), The Deadly Fuze: The Secret Weapon of World War II, San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, ISBN 978-0-89141-087-4. Baldwin was a member of the (APL) team headed by Tuve that did most of the design work. Baxter, James Phinney III (1968) [1946], Scientists Against Time, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, ISBN 978-0-262-52012-6
Used by journalists, political activists, scientists, etc. Nuclear technology: 1940s United States. United Kingdom Canada (Manhattan Project) Nuclear weapons: Nuclear medicine, nuclear power: Jet engine: 1940s Nazi Germany (Hans von Ohain) United Kingdom (Frank Whittle) Jet fighters, jet bombers: Airliners: Digital photography: 1960s United ...
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In the years immediately following World War II, the military was by far the most significant patron of university science research in the U.S., and the national labs also continued to flourish. [20] After two years in political limbo (but with work on nuclear power and bomb manufacture continuing apace) the Manhattan Project became a permanent ...