But by the time WW1 has ended, airplanes had become more developed and weapons were added to it like, bombs and guns. (Whitehouse) The first use of airplanes in WW1 was to determine the enemy’s movement. The airplanes would fly above the enemy’s area and determine the enemy's movements and position. The first major contributions of airplanes in the war were the First Battle of the Marne where the Allies airplanes spotted a gap in the German lines. They attacked them and were able to split the Germans.
In 1934 he increased the size of the army, began building warships and created a German air force. Compulsory military service was also introduced. Hitler had a vision of the German people becoming a master race and ruling the entire world, but he also knew that he could not achieve all this during the war he intended to start. He, however, had two major goals which were to bring all of central Europe together and form a larger Germany and to create more room for Germany to grow by taking over Poland. His first move was to test the other European powers by inserting troops into Germany’s coal mining area next to France.
The USSR thereafter fought alongside the Allies. Germany was defeated due largely in part to the reorganization of the Russian military’s tank and air divisions, an increase in intelligence and communication, bettered training regimens for officers and a swift increase in technological prowess. The reorganization of the military was made to resemble German panzer divisions and the German Luftwaffe (air force). The ability for Russia to bear the war’s demand on resources was buoyed due to the Russian workforce’s ability to quickly adapt to a command economy—this was ensured mainly by the pre-war economic planning which the USSR implemented. The political scene in the USSR also changed for the better during the war—while initially the military reported directly to the Kremlin, Stalin soon appointed an able-bodied leader to the military, Marshal Zhukov, and this allowed the military greater flexibility and, in turn, greater success in battle.
They let Hitler rebuild and conquer again. One way that Hitler was able to rebuild Germany was by a society called S.A. The leader was Ernst Roehm and he was a very powerful leader during this time. The S.A was gaining too much power and was becoming a threat to Hitler’s power. Therefore Hitler had no other choice but to purge the Sturmabteilung or S.A. After World War 1 the Treaty of Versailles stated that Germany could have a standing army.
He accomplished this by reviving the B-1 bomber that carter canceled, starting production of the MX missile, and pushing NATO to push Pershing missiles in West Germany. He also increased defense spending by 40%, increased troop levels, as well as getting much needed space parts into the pipeline, all of that ensured that America remained a military super power. Lastly, Reagan’s greatest achievement that most likely ensured his second-term was his tax
Prime Minster Churchill came to office in 1940 after his predecessor, Neville Chamberlain, resigned due to Germany’s rapid expansion during the early parts of the war. He motivated the British to keep on fighting because they’re the only ones to fight Germany at the time and had to rely on its colonies to survive. Many Brits today call him one of the most important leaders in British
The Germans did systematic bombings of Great Britain during the Battle of Britain. The Royal Air Force (RAF) reacted to these bombing and flyovers by engaging in dogfights with the German planes. The German’s Messerschmitt Bf 109E and Bf 110C squared off against the RAF's Hurricane Mk I and the Spitfire. The 109E and the Spitfire became the main airplanes used in dogfights because they were the best planes out of each country’s air force. Since the 109E and the Spitfire were so similarly matched, the determining factor on who would win a dogfight was the pilot.
The Advancement of Aerial Warfare The invention of the aircraft was similar to many other great developments in the fact it's potential was not immediately realized. Ever since the flight of the airplane model created by the Wright brothers on December 17th, 1903, warfare has changed dramatically, making the skies a territory to claim and fight for. The airplane has not only been every resourceful when it comes to transportation, strategy, and operations but it was also enlightened to develop technology that has made warfare more lethal. Therefore, we no longer have to risk many lives because the advantage that we have of being in the air. Distance is no longer a barrier for us as it use to be and number of targets have become limitless because there is no longer something that can hide.
The armor used pales in comparison to today’s standards as well. The frames were mainly biplane based, and as mentioned before, controlling the airspace became more and more of a focus factor because of how important aerial warfare was becoming. By World War II, the fighters evolved into mostly all-metal mono planes that had cannons or machine guns mounted on them. By the end of World War II, there were already turbojets replacing the dated piston engines. Not only engines, but the armaments carried by these planes were already being redefined.
This can be claimed to be proof that war holds back development which in some cases this is almost completely true. On the other hand it can be said that it speeds up development for example a lot of surgical techniques were invented to deal with war casualties and nuclear power is also a result of war thanks to the German atomic physicists. Philosophers believe that necessity is the mother of invention and wars create lots of necessities some of which are useful in more peaceful times whilst others can cause absolute misery in war