WWII: Weapons and Tactics

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GIT-R-DONE

A RTILLERY

TANKS

W ARSHIPS

A IRCRAFT

S UPER W EAPONS

T HE EFFECT OF TECHNOLOGY War became faster Heavy firepower could be moved from place to place at great speeds E.g. Bombers, Mobile Artillery, Tanks, Motorized Infantry In WWI, Armies moved at walking speed, in WWII Armies moved at driving speed In WWI, building trenches makes sense, in WWII anything that was in one place would soon be blown apart In WWI, all the battles took place in one area, in WWII, the battlefield was the entire continent!

B LITZKRIEG “Lightning War” The Germans were the first to understand the potential of all this new technology Blitzkrieg focused on speed, surprise, using lots of weapons together, and concentrating firepower in one place to overwhelm an enemy Conversely, the Allies were preparing for WWI all over again They built trenches, fortifications and spread out their forces Therefore, in the first battles of the war, the Allies could not handle the speed and power of the German attacks