1. Developments in Technology, aviation, weaponry, and communication
World War II
Developments in Technology,
aviation, weaponry, and communication

2. World War II
Key developments in technology, aviation, weaponry, and communications had a significant impact on World War II.
Building new technology in American factories also had an impact on the economy of the United States.
This helped the U.S. get out of the Great Depression.

3. Science and Technology

4. Bombers Boeing B 17 Made in the United States
Aviation innovations included improved bombers that were able to fly farther and the use of radar to track these planes and to spot enemy planes.

5. AVIATION By the end of the war, jets were being developed.
After the war, personal and business air travel and transportation of goods around the world grew because of the technology of the airplane.

6. RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
Used to range, detect and map objects such as aircraft
Modern Uses
GPS
Radar Guns
Weather
Wearable radar (for visually impaired)

7. Computers
THEN
“Colossus” was the first programmable digital electronic computer
Was used to solve code
It took up a whole room
NOW
Personal Computers
Internet
Compact Discs

8. Colossus
Secret communications codes developed during the war contributed to the development of computer systems designed to break those codes.

9. Manhattan Project
J. Robert Oppenheimer Jewish-American Physicist led the team of scientist in developing nuclear weapons.

10. Weaponry
Advances in weaponry were made in response to wartime needs.
The two atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan were developed by a team of scientists in the United States who were trying to beat the Germans to the technology.

11. Atomic Bombs dropped on Japan in 1945
The blast was so powerful that shadows
were permanently etched into the background.

12. Works Cited
“Prey from Peace City, Hiroshima-The Scorched Land” 10 June
Radar World “Radar Development in America” 8 June
“Colossus computer” 9 June

13. Works Cited continued “Atomic Bomb” 9 June 2005
“Science and Technology in World War II”. America in the Twentieth Century:The World at War: World War II. United Learning. 09 June 2005 < .com>