2007-02-21 11:26:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
intercontinental ballistic missiles (V-2 Germans)
guided missile (both sides)
rocket assisted anti-ship missiles (Germans and Japanese)
radar proximity war heads for bombs and shells (both sides)
jet engines (both sides)
helicopters Both sides)
magnetic mines (both sides)
smart mines (both sides)
anti submarine projectiles (hedge hog US anti-submarine warfare staple))
The nerve gases sarin and soman (German creation: not used in combat)
fission weapons (US)
Sound weapons (Germans)
the list is really quite large. WWII was a war of innovation. The US experimented with quite a few things.
the things that really won the war wasn't even weapon related: these things were - Disease and non battle injury treatments for malaria and various other diseases, penicillin for infections, field water treatment systems. Sulfa drugs for wounds. improved field surgery techniques. Improved Field rations and field kitchens. transportation such as trucks and aircraft.
2007-02-22 02:11:14 · answer #1 · answered by centurion613 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rockets.
Napalm.
Atomic bombs.
Jet Fighters (ME-262, Meteor)
Rocket Aircraft.
2007-02-21 11:29:47 · answer #2 · answered by BDZot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The atomic bomb !!! Total devastation for miles.
2007-02-21 11:35:09 · answer #3 · answered by Big_Dog_Spike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well fo course the atom bomb did.
2007-02-25 11:24:08 · answer #4 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋