When you hear about the years 1936-1945, you think of planes, ships, rockets and numerous casualties. 1936 was the official year that World War II began, sparking a new era of military technological advancement, in which countries wanted to build the most powerful and destructive new weapons to win the war. New inventions were based on old designs that weren't as strong or didn't hold up to much damage. This has happened in planes, ships and bombs. The war between the Axis powers (Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (United States, Great Britain and the Soviet Union) was won based on who could inflict the most damage, resist and overcome difficulties. large-scale attacks. Faster and larger aircraft were developed, such as the Me 262, up to the B-29 Superfortress. Larger, stronger and more versatile ships were created, such as battleships, submarines and aircraft carriers, which dominated the seas. New rockets have also been invented that can reach more distant locations in a short time, such as the V-1 and V-2 rockets, which are the main modern cruise missiles. During World War II, the Allies and Axis Powers understood that more speed and destruction was the best way to win the war. This led to the invention of the jet aircraft, the Me 262, which was the fastest aircraft of its time. The Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe (Swallow) was a single-seat jet aircraft powered by two Junker Jumo turbojet engines. It weighed 144,938 pounds fully loaded and could reach a top speed of 536 mph and reach a maximum of 22,880 feet. Although the Me 262 was slower than it could have been because German leader Adolf Hitler wanted jets to be capable of dropping bombs, this resulted in a sharp reduction in speed. Another flaw of the jet plane was that it was completed and mass produced...... middle of paper......r bomb, it is the most devastating invention of the 20th century but a triumph nonetheless. World War II, as devastating as it was, led to new ways to protect our country and enable it to live the lives we do today. Without the sacrifices of the 1940s, our world could not be as technologically advanced as it is today. Works Cited1) Norman Polmer and Bell Dana, One Hundred Years of World Military Aircraft, (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2004), type. 4-5.2) Philip Kaplan, Battleships, (Great Britain: Aurum Press Ltd, 2004), 22-195.3) Fritz Kohl and Eberhard Rossler, The Type XXI U-Boat, (Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2002), 7-8.4) Walter Grunden, Secret Weapons and World War II Japan in the Shadow of Big Science, (Lawrence Kansas: University Press of Kansas , 2005), 135-136.