Radar Techniques Used In World War Two

World War 2 was the second huge worldwide conflict involving mutiple countries in battle. A total of about 80 million died in this war. 70 years later, today, the world is in a frenzy to rid the world of all physical pieces of history involving the Axis powers of that time. They believe that this should be forgot about and nothing that happened was good, they try to rid the world of anything the Axis powers made, good or bad. Here you will read about about all the everyday things that you use today that were invented as a result of this giant conflict.

Radar. Radar is used everyday and is relied on by millions every day. These devices track planes and shows control towers in airports their location so they can tell them how to land. Huge airports like LAX always have multiple planes taking off and landing constantly. Without radar planes would crash into one another and air travel would be unsafe. In WW2 radar was invented to do the same thing, to find incoming enemy planes so they could protect their country and be safe. This invention over the years have saved well over trillions of lives.

M&Ms.

This shell covered chocolate is a snack we all eat but little know the origins of. In WW2 regular bar chocolate along with cigarettes kept soldiers awake longer so they could continue fighting. There was one problem with bar chocolate, they would easily melt in the heat and quicly became unedible. So the U.S. Military quickly needed a solution to replace chocolate bars. They turned to the M&Ms, they could withstand heat. Because they could withstand heat, they were easier to transport. Today it is still used in wars as humanitarian aid to affected children in other

countries.

ICBMs. Inter Continental Ballistic Missile or ICBM for short are long range missle that could reach long distances. It started as the V1 rocket that was desigled to hit England. Without this first missile, however we would not start the space shuttles that would go to space and start a whole new wave of technology.

Nuclear bomb. This weapon of mass destruction might have been terror at its time but today it is used for different purposes. Nuclear technology started in WW2 as the Manhattan Project in order to make a huge bomb. Since then scientists have found new ways to use it as power. Nuclear power plants produce power for milions of homes today. These plants can also be placed on ships and submarines as a long lasting energy source. Some small countries even rely on this technology to power their entire country.

In WW2 the majority of men were out fighing leaving their wives and children behind. The war still needed supplies however, only women and children were left. Women started to work in factories to replace typically men's jobs and produce the much needed supplies for the war. Children also worked for this effort. Because of this more equality for women came to light. It showed that women can be just as capable to do most jobs. Thats why today women also can get almost any job they want.

We are never going to get rid of the crazy people who want to erase history, but we can at least inform others that wether the past was good or not. It still affects our every day lives wether we know or not.