Did Technology and Strategy Affect the Outcome of World War Ii
Did technology and strategy affect the outcome of World War II, or was the outcome as a result of which army had the most soldiers?
Conor Bremner
History Project
Stanford Lake College
History Department
2013/05/18
Contents Page
Introduction Page 1
Review of Literature Page 2 – 4 Processing of Findings Page 5 – 7 Conclusion Page 8 Biblography Page 9
Introduction :
With this project I hope to find out if the outcome of important battles of World War II were as a result of technology and/or strategy used by the victorious army or if the victorious army simply won because they hugely outnumbered their enemy. My research consists of information about important battles of World War II where the outcome was either a result of one army simply outnumbering the other with soldiers, support and resources. Or the outcome was purely because of careful planning, the use of clever strategies or the use of advanced technology. I also researched information about technology that changed warfare and gave the army that discovered it first an advantage over its enemy, and if it was not for this technology would the outcome of an important battle or campaign where it was used be different. When The United States of America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered and this ended the war. Would the war have carried on if The USA did not have this technology and if they did not use the bombs? Many countries fought the German army at the same time, why did it these countries take so long to defeat Germany when they outnumbered the Germans by a huge amount. Was it because Germany had more advanced technology and used better strategies? If the German Army had more soldiers and resources such as fuel or food,
Conor Bremner
History Project
Stanford Lake College
History Department
2013/05/18
Contents Page
Introduction Page 1
Review of Literature Page 2 – 4 Processing of Findings Page 5 – 7 Conclusion Page 8 Biblography Page 9
Introduction :
With this project I hope to find out if the outcome of important battles of World War II were as a result of technology and/or strategy used by the victorious army or if the victorious army simply won because they hugely outnumbered their enemy. My research consists of information about important battles of World War II where the outcome was either a result of one army simply outnumbering the other with soldiers, support and resources. Or the outcome was purely because of careful planning, the use of clever strategies or the use of advanced technology. I also researched information about technology that changed warfare and gave the army that discovered it first an advantage over its enemy, and if it was not for this technology would the outcome of an important battle or campaign where it was used be different. When The United States of America dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrendered and this ended the war. Would the war have carried on if The USA did not have this technology and if they did not use the bombs? Many countries fought the German army at the same time, why did it these countries take so long to defeat Germany when they outnumbered the Germans by a huge amount. Was it because Germany had more advanced technology and used better strategies? If the German Army had more soldiers and resources such as fuel or food,
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