World War II opened the doors to technological advances. With the German
Army being a step ahead with air and ammunition, it forced the allies to think
outside the box and create a new means of ammunition and other advancements to
help maintain victory. This helped with the future of technology in wars to come.
We look at World War II and Americans went from fighting against Germany
then against the Japanese in the Pacific. We must look at the technological tactics
used to advance into victory during this time period. The Americans were going
against air warfare and the supply of ammunition in mass quantities due to mass
production. The American Military had to figure a way to invade and conquer.
We looked at ways to invade the enemy by using radio and telephone
technology to tap into their telegraphs and determine their next moves. It gave us
an edge in determining the moves of our enemies and how to be one step ahead of
them so they could not get the edge on us.
But as Koerner demonstrates, the program to move Nazi technology was much
wider ranging than this, and the Allies liberated even the most mundane industrial
technologies and patents. 1The Americans started to look at fuel transportation and
1 Seely, Bruce Edsall. "World War II and Technology Transfer: A Historical
Introduction." Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 2, no. 1 (2004): 67-
70. doi:10.1353/ctt.2004.0012.
2 Pursell, Carroll. Technology in Postwar America : A History. New York: Columbia
University Press, 2007. Accessed April 8, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central.
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designed the first tank to use to shoot the airborne tactics and barracks that were
used to try to surround the American troops win the war.
Americans then used chemical technology and used technology to mass
produce more ammunition for the many troops they had recruited. The Americans
and their allies became a great force to reckon with. Because of the technological
advances for production, they had an easier ability to restock ammunition and
produce more war tanks. They also began to produce lighter weapons that did not
take as much effort to carry, allowing for troops to maneuver more easily and still
have stamina to fight. With men drafted into military service, and huge orders
placed by both the American and Allied governments for weapons and other war
materials, unemployment quickly gave way to labor shortages, and labor-saving
seemed once again a socially desirable goal.2 The federal government had always
supported new technology and scientific research, but it had done so largely in-
house, with its own resources and for its own specific purposes.2 This opened the
technical advancements for years to come. There, we find we grew in mass
production of goods, but we also grew in transportation, and technological
advancements in weapons. We have become a society that relies solely on
technology, and we are so competitive about being number one in the world. We
1 Seely, Bruce Edsall. "World War II and Technology Transfer: A Historical
Introduction." Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 2, no. 1 (2004): 67-
70. doi:10.1353/ctt.2004.0012.
2 Pursell, Carroll. Technology in Postwar America : A History. New York: Columbia
University Press, 2007. Accessed April 8, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central.
3
fuel an egotistical mindset because of the technological advancements in WWII
and how they helped in the victory Americans had. We used technology to give us
a push over Japan and Germany. That with the amount of people drafted and
making us the largest, more advanced army out there.
All this has led to our wanting to be the most advanced and best country out
there. The need to be the greatest has never stopped. We still continue to play big
brother to our allies and continue to run into war, sacrificing lives for a victory. We
continue to grow and continue to make technological advancements for our miliary
and keep growing in research labs and scientists.
As for World War II, technology helped us complete a victory. We became
heroes and helped countries defeat the Japanese and the Germans. It was a
momentous feat that America and their allies can never forget because the
significance of the impact on America was great. We came in late and used
technology to help our gigantic army of troops have enough ammo, lighter weight
artillery, and then gave them weapons of mass destruction.
That is what helped us in the victory of World War II. Technology alone would
not have won the war, and neither would a number of troops with old weapons and
a lack of ammunition. Together combined is what helped in the victory.
1 Seely, Bruce Edsall. "World War II and Technology Transfer: A Historical
Introduction." Comparative Technology Transfer and Society 2, no. 1 (2004): 67-
70. doi:10.1353/ctt.2004.0012.
2 Pursell, Carroll. Technology in Postwar America : A History. New York: Columbia
University Press, 2007. Accessed April 8, 2023. ProQuest Ebook Central.
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