World War Two Technology and Innovation
Published on Apr 24, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
World War Two
The second war to end all wars
Who Won?
Well of course the Allies did. But why?
Iconic Photos of World War Two
There are some disturbing images
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Get the point?
World War two was truly a World War
With many nations all fighting
They needed to go from WW1 weapons ...
To this. The Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger
Info about The Tiger Tank
- Specifications (RfRuK VK 4501H Ausf.E, Blatt: G-330) Weight 54 tonnes (60 short tons) Length 6.316 m (20 ft 8.7 in) 8.45 m (27 ft 9 in) gun forward Width 3.56 m (11 ft 8 in) Height 3.0 m
- BORING!!!!!
Instead
of looking at random facts, ITS...
Story time!
About the infamous Michael Wittmann
His first tank
The Sturmgeschütz III (Stug 3)
Next he had The Tiger
(That's him)
Overall
- 4 Sherman Firefly's (Tank)
- 20 Cromwells (Tank)
- 3 Stuarts (Light Tank)
- 3 M4 Shermans (Tank)
- 14 Half-tracks (Light Vehicls)
- 16 Bren Carriers(Motorcycle w/sidecar)
- Finally 2 Infanty anti-tank guns
His overall military career total is:
He destroyed 141 tanks,
and 132 antitank guns.
Now that we've done tanks..
How about Aircraft?
Who had the best planes?
Well...
Again it was the Nazi's
With their infamous Bf 109
With another vehicle
Comes another Ace, and another story!
His name was Erich Hartmann
Best Fighter Ace of all time
Also called "The Blond Knight"
Having Flown 1,404 Missions
352 Kills. You could say he was good
Now that we've done planes..
How about Submarines?
Submarines, not that important. Right?
How could one boat do so much?
The Submarine, or
Unterseeboot
Having to evade the enemy
Enemies like this destroyer right here
Was it fun? Take a look
You may say where are the Allies?
They ended up "winning". How? Why?
Overview
- It comes down to:
- Quanity vs Quality
- Global Resources vs Europe and Pasific
- Desperation vs Jingoism
- Finally, Leadership
