A notorious thing people say is that "few things advance and innovate technology as quickly as war", because both sides are fighting for the future of their country and many are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure the survival of their homeland. Both sides with people that hate the other working on some devastating weapon to wipe out as much people as possible. World War 2 brought a lot of new weapons and ways weapons could be used. For example, the first jet fighter, the Panther tank, and the T-34 are just some examples. Land, Sea, and Air vehicles being created to for the purpose to slaughter men who had wife's, kids, and families. All with different stories just to be led up to this tragic event. If one side created a game changing weapon/tool the other side wouldn’t be too far behind them. Just a game of push and shove until one backs down, and the most horrifying thing of them all is a nuclear weapon. Something that could wipe people out in an instant. It's sad to say that I am a part of the only country that has ever used a weapon of mass destruction on people.
World War 2 had the most deaths of any war ever with a range of 50 to 80 million people with 24 million from the Soviet Union and 418,000 Americans died. Every country took a very big blow to their population and economic stability. This war included most of the world with both sides named the Allie powers and the Axis powers, and no doubt the largest war in the history of the world. One thing historians can agree on is the war was caused by one man named Hitler. He joined the German army during World War 1 when he was 25. He was injured two times one by getting hit by an exploding shell and the other by being temporarily blinded by mustard gas. After the loss taken by Germany in World War 1 Hitler was very mad and believed that Germany didn’t lose. So, he rose to power in the Nationalist socialist German workers party. He ended up gaining the control of the German army and invaded Poland. Two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany.
There were a lot of different weapons used in World War 2 like the Browning Automatic Rifle, M1 Carbine, Colt M1911 A-1, and the Type 96 and Type 11. These were the most popular weapons during World War 2. The M1 Grand was the standard rifle used by the military of the United States during the years of 1936-1959. The M1 Grand was a semi-automatic assault rifle. It was an important counter to the things that Germany, Japan, Italy were throwing at them. The Colt 1911 was an extremely popular handgun used by the United States. The Browning company made it because the U.S soldiers needed something stronger. The Russians were interested in sub-machine guns. Their weapon of choice was the PPSh-41 a cheap and easy gun to make it was an obvious choice for them to make, with factories producing up to 3000 a day. As the British were worried about a German invasion and had just taken a blow in Dunkirk they needed a cheap weapon that could help their soldiers hold off an attack by the Germans. Even though the gun wasn’t the best it got the job done. The next gun was made by the Germans and it was called the Sturmgewehr 44. It was made because Hitler ask the commanders at the eastern front what they needed to turn the war around. Fortunately, it did not work out for them, but it is said the it changed warfare.
There were a lot of many useful things invented during World War 2, like Radar, ATM's, Super Glue, Jet Engines, Space Technology's, and Computers which must be the most important invention during this time. The cause of the war was when Germany invaded Poland, after that 2 days later Britain declared war on Germany. Japan then took over Manchuria, then they attack the United states at Pearl Harbor, and Germany invaded Russia. Another reason is that countries like United States, Great Britain, and France were worrying about helping their own country during the Great Depression that they didn’t take notice to what was going on with Germany, Japan, Italy and their attacks. After the war the United States and Great Britain formed a special relationship, and lead to the founding of the United Nations. Leading to the creation of the world's most terrifying weapon ever used the Nuclear bomb. Also, leading to the Geneva Convention which basically made it to where future wars would be fought more humanity.