One of the main strategies of the USAAF was to support the Royal Air Force of England in the bombing of Germany. To succeed in these bombings American pilots flew bombers such as the B-24 Liberator, The B-25 Mitchell, and the B-29 Superfortress. Other planes that were also used include the P-51 Mustang, the P-38 Lightning, the P-40 Warhawk, and the F4U Corsair. But the most famous type plane and the favorite of pilots was the B-17 Flying Fortress, designed and built by Boeing. The B-17 was used in daylight precision bombing, and was the other half of England’s Nighttime bombing, otherwise known and Operation Pointblank.
One example of the new weapon was the long-range rocket and improved rifles to shoot at a farther distance. Pistols were always used in a combat if the solider cant uses his rifle. They are known to reload faster the rifle. More people or enemies were killed because of the new technology. The atomic bomb was a big part in World War 2, there were more deaths from a long distance and the people who did not get hit still had some sort of effect.
Communication Plan for the P-80 Shooting Star Fighter Jet Project MET AD643 Professor Leybourne/Jim Hannon Abstract Lockheed's Skunk Works project was created to build the first U.S. jet fighter that could compete with a German-developed jet during WWII. The unique nature of Skunk Works, which consisted of isolating a smaller team from the influence and policies of the main body of the organization, has become widely popular today and has been implemented by many large technology companies such as IBM, Intel, and many others. No matter how small or large the project is, it would not be successful without a solid project communication plan. The communication plan not only ensures that all of the project's stakeholders receive necessary information in a timely manner, but it also provides a framework that facilitates who will be responsible for communicating specific information at specific times throughout the project. Discussed and analyzed herein is the project communication plan for Skunk Works using available technology today and recommendations on how communications could be improved and managed throughout the life cycle of the project.
British pilots also called him the ‘Red Knight’ in recognition of his nobility. Manfred von Richthofen was Germany’s most famous fighter ace of World War One. Richthofen was nicknamed the ‘Red Baron’ and he officially shot down 80 Allied aircraft, more than any other pilot during World War One. In the autumn of 1916, Richthofen was transferred to the Eastern Front. Here he had a meeting with Oswald Boelcke – a German fighter ace Richthofen was shot down and killed near Amiens on 21 April 1918.
For the North, the Federal Arms Reserve held 437,000 weapons witch was thought to be enough for the Union. Soon each side found out that getting weapons could be a harder task than they thought. There were many different types of weapons used. Standard guns for both sides included the .54 caliber and the .58 caliber rifles. “Pocket pistols” were also common for people like generals and captains and were usually used in the event of an emergency.
It wasn't until Allied Forces had fighter aircraft capable of flying deep into Germany that they were able to bomb Dresden. In February of 1945 Dresden became a military target as a rail, communications, and transportation hub. Dresden also contained at least one hundred ten factories and industrial enterprises that were legitimate military targets. Among these were dispersed aircraft components factories, a poison gas factory, an anti-aircraft and field gun factory, and a small arms factory. Most of the destruction was caused by Firestorms which resulted from dropping bombs, filled with chemicals such as
The invention was a success although it was British troops, 20,000 were killed and 40,000 were injured. This is shocking because the technology was new, when you get something new you test it and wonder if it’s good or not just like the technology in WW1 who knew it would proceed this well the amount of people it injured was amazing. Adding to that the British Vickers machine gun crew WW1 was the first automatic guns had been used in large numbers in a European war, first time lucky they used it in the European war not knowing if it would work or not but surprisingly it was achieved well. Another reason England was so involved David Lloyd George was one of the big three this is shocking because England wasn’t involved at all it started with the Black Hand gang in Franz Ferdinand’s assassination. England hadn’t been attacked on their own territory for over 1000 years and unexpectedly the German airships bombed the south of England However 8,538315 million approximately were killed deaths are expected in war but not on this scale.
A Study into the Stalemate on the Western Front and the Factors Responsible for it’s End In this essay I shall explain how far I agree with this statement: The following were equally important reasons why the stalemate on the Western Front was finally broken: • New technology like the tank • The American entry into the war • The German offensive in March 1918 • The blockading of the German ports. The first significant advance in technology was the tank, first introduced into the war by the allies at the Somme July 1916. The tank held many advantages; it was very well armoured and most German fire could not penetrate the tanks armour, it provided constant machine gun fire, could easily move over barbed wire, the tank could protect soldiers and reduced the loss of soldiers and it provided a great boost to the morale of the Allies. However the tank equally had a number of disadvantages; it moved very slowly with a maximum speed of four miles per hour, it was very loud and the Germans were given lots of warning when a tank was coming, they were an easy target and were very difficult to manouvere, they had no gun turret so in order to aim and fire soldiers had to expose themselves, the infantry ended up advancing too fast for the tanks too keep up and eventually the Germans found that they could easily be immobilised by destroying the large steering rotor on the back of the tank and managed to penetrate the heavy armour with armour piercing machine gun rounds. Despite all these liabilities the tank did prove to be important in breaking the stalemate.
Weapons Of World War 1 World war 1 was good for many reasons and some of these are the weapons. For instance this is the first time in history that the Machine Gun was used. The first machine gun to be used was the Gatling Gun. This was invented in the late 1870’s or early 1880’s but never officially used in combat until this war. Surprisingly Leonardo da Vinci made its design.
A product of the timely revolutionary scientific and technical advances being made in the 1930s, this new generation of all-metal monoplane fighters was developed in time to have a decisive impact in the skies over southern England in 1940. In a quantum leap, the aircraft with which the Royal Air Force was equipped jumped from the slow, obsolescent, open-cockpit biplanes with top speeds of no