How Did Airplanes Build Ww2

AIRCRAFT AND AERIAL WARFARE OF WORLD WAR II

By: Francois le Roux and Michael Manley

World War II
World War 2 is regarded as the most devastating war of the 20th century. There are lots of reasons for why the war started, but its root cause comes from World War 1. After the Germans had lost the war, the League of Nations agreed that she had to be punished. They (Mainly Britain, France and America) decided that Germany would be punished by a treaty of terms called the Treaty of Versailles.
This was a very harsh treaty and Germany suffered a lot. America felt sorry for Germany and agreed to loan her money. With the extra money the Germans started to recover, but with the Great Depression which started in 1929, the German economy fell
The Germans used a tactic known as Blitzkrieg (Lightning War) to invade their enemies. This tactic enables them to quickly destroy their enemies. This tactic relies on Airplanes, Assault tanks and infantry all working together to catch the enemies by surprise. Without Airplanes the Blitzkrieg tactic wouldn’t have worked as well, as the Airplanes drop special troops near the cities to blow bridges and supply lines. The Planes then went on to attack the cities, causing chaos. Germany quickly went on to attack France and she was also conquered. That left only Britain standing between the NAZI’s and control over the whole of Europe. Hitler planned to conquer Britain but before he could do that he had to obtain Air Superiority over Britain. This is where great airplane battles come in, this was known as The Battle of the Atlantic.
There were several other fields of war as well in World War 2, but we will be discussing mainly the battle Between the Air force of Germany (Luftwaffe) and the Royal Air Force of Britain
As war was looking increasingly likely, and time was of the essence in providing the RAF with an effective fighter aircraft. The Hurricane was favored over the more modern Spitfire as it had better understood manufacturing techniques, this was because of the simplicity of the design and mechanics were able to make better repairs. The Hurricane also took less time to make than the Spitfire.
By the outbreak of the Second World War, nearly 500 Hurricanes had been produced. Hawker Hurricane during flight
Used in the following battles: * The Phony War * Battle of France * Battle of Britain * North Africa * Defence of Malta * Air defence in Russia
The role of the Hurricane
The Hurricane was used as an interceptor-fighter and fighter-bomber. The battles over the Arakan in 1943 represented the last large-scale use of the Hurricane as a pure day fighter. But they were still used in the fighter-bomber role in Burma until the end of the war. The Hurricane remained in service as a fighter-bomber over the Balkans and at home.
Specifications (Hurricane Mk.IIC)
General characteristics * Crew: 1 * Length: 9.75 m * Wingspan: 12.19 m * Height: 4.0 m * Wing area: 23.92 m² * Empty weight: 2558 kg * Loaded weight: 3742 kg * Max. takeoff weight: 3950