World War II project ?

Question

I have this project to do for history class. I have to write a 12 page essay on anything on WWII. Now I wanted to do why technology was so vital in the war, but I was told that I have to do something specific. Like why a specific weapon was vital. So now I am not sure. Can anybody tell me another good topic I can do, or maybe a cool weapon that was of high signifcance in the war that the United States used. ?
Please and thanxs

Answer 1

You could do an article on "Vinegar Joe" Joe Stillwell, the other 5 Star general of WW-2 (Eisenhower in Europe and MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific). Stillwell was in China and Burma and was the 2nd in charge of all Chinese troops (after Chiang Kai Shek) plus commander of US troops in the China-Burma region. There is an excellent biography written about him called, "Sands against the wind Stillwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45" written by Barbara W. Tuchman. Printed by Macdonald Futura Publishers Ltd. 1981.

Another topic could be on the introduction of napalm and flame throwers during WW-2.

Answer 2

Well, the Manhattan Project does seem the most obvious answer to your problem, but there are many other possibilities if you want to do something else. For example, you could write your paper on the development of radar or, more broadly, on the subsequent birth of electronic warfare. If you write specifically on radar you could also include information about the proximity fuze. Another possibility is a paper on the vital importance of anti-submarine warfare during the war. More specifically, you could mention sonar (asdic), hydrophones (so-called passive sonar) and sonobuoys, radar, MAD (magnetic anomaly detector) gear, acoustic torpedoes, and HF/DF.

Answer 3

My father, who fought the Japanese in WWII, can only have the atomic bomb as an answer to your question. My father was in the battle on the island of Okinawa, the bloodiest battle in the entire war, and he told me several times that if they had had to invade the island of Japan, he and most of his buddies would have died, for sure. He told me that when they heard that the atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima, the safest place for all American soldiers was in the bottom of the deepest fox hole because they were all so excited and glad that all their lives had been saved at the cost of the enemy, that they all got to drinking and shooting off their weapons in total glee, if that is strong enough a word to express their extreme "life-saved" excitement. And if that wasn't enough, look at how the total world has changed, for the positive and the negative, since atomic power has been discovered and applied. No matter individuals' fear of and dislike of atomic power, it saved an incredible amount of Americans' lives in the most major war this world has yet to see, and has expanded human capabilities to learn about things that have been unheard of before. That's significant enough for me. I and my two sisters and my two kids and my neice are all alive because the atomic bomb was developed and applied by Americans against their most threatening enemies. God Bless you.

Answer 4

used by the united states? definitley the atomic bomb. ended the whole thing like BAM.

seriously, write how the nobel laureates got together to think of how to make such a brutal weapon. dig deep and u will find many interesting facts like how one of the scientists would play Bach on the piano, and how once or twice he woke up all his fellow nobel laureates in the middle of the night to play some of his favourite bach pieces.

good luck!!

Answer 5

I am old enough to remember that war. The atom bomb was what brought that war to its end. That was a new weapon at that time.
Good luck with the project.

Answer 6

9-11 is on no account resembling pearl harbor... the only element thats an identical is that maximum human beings didnt anticipate it. Anyhoo, i think of a neat subject count number could be studying the "neglected opportunities" we had to offer up the conflict from ever beginning. Or, analyze all the fashionable centers that got here out of international conflict 2, with out which cutting-edge life wouldnt be an identical: -rockets and jet engines -radar -nuclear theory, which introduced approximately nuclear skill -cutting-edge airplane and deliver layout -nutrition upkeep, inc. canning -on the spot communications -desktops

Answer 7

yeah...actually...do one on the Atomic Bomb...how the Manhattan project was started, who wrote the letter to Franklin Roosevelt suggesting we could actually build such a bomb (Albert Einstein wrote it) and how quickly the Japanese surrendered after the second Atomic weapon was detonated over their own soil---and how the Atomic bomb helped shape nearly 50 years of Cold War policy

Answer 8

You could do the aircraft (fighters, or bombers), the Germans also developed some interesting weapons like cruise missiles (buzz bombs) and rockets (v2). I like the American p51 Mustang myself.

Answer 9

atomic bomb