Title: The Impact of Technology on Warfare | The Classroom
Headings: The Impact of Technology on Warfare
The Impact of Technology on Warfare
Technology Improvements vs. Technological Breakthroughs
The Impact of Technology on Warfare
Positive Effects of Military Technology on Society
History of Military Technology Timeline
Advancements in Technology Compared to Strategies
Military Technology as a Peacekeeper

Content: The same can be said of the fighter jet and the modern rocket, both developed by the Germans before they lost World War II. The Impact of Technology on Warfare
None of this is to say that superior technology isn't an important or even vital element for victory. However, it's almost always the incremental improvements that contribute to victory, combined with superior strategies, tactics and, of course, a country's economic production capabilities. A classic example of this is the development of aircraft technology in the Pacific Theater of World War II. At the outset of the war in 1941, the Japanese Zero was vastly superior to the American's Hawker Hurricane or Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk. It could fly faster and higher and was more maneuverable than what the Americans had at the beginning of the war. However, as the war progressed, the Japanese could not keep up with the pace of innovation and amount of production by the United States, due in no small measure to the U.S.'s superior economic output. Perhaps the greatest and most horrific technological breakthrough in military history was the invention of the atomic bomb. Most people believe that the atomic bomb forced the surrender of Japan, bringing an end to World War II. However, many historians recognize that this was not in fact what ended the war, and it was in all likelihood the massive invasion of the Soviet Red Army that led to Japan's surrender, which began the same day that Nagasaki was bombed.