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Lists of World War II military equipment are lists of military equipment in use during World War II (1939–1945). They include lists of aircraft, ships, vehicles, weapons, personal equipment, uniforms, and other equipment.
The following is a list of equipment of the United States Army during World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945.
The bombing of WieluĊ, one of the first military acts of World War II and the first major act of bombing, was carried out on a town that had little to no military value. [76] Similarly, the bombing of Frampol has been described as an experiment to test the German tactics and weapons effectiveness.
This is a list of United States bomber aircraft, including those with the capability of bombing, ... U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials Since 1909 ...
The combat box was a tactical formation used by heavy (strategic) bombers of the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. The combat box was also referred to as a "staggered formation". Its defensive purpose was in massing the firepower of the bombers' guns, while offensively it concentrated the release of bombs on a target. [1]
Among the dead cities: The history and moral legacy of the WWII bombing of civilians in Germany and Japan (Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2009) Griffith, Charles. The quest: Haywood Hansell and American strategic bombing in World War II (1999) online edition; Hansell, Jr., Haywood S. Air Plan That Defeated Hitler (1980) online version; Kennett, Lee B.
Boeing B-29 Superfortress long-range strategic bombers releasing their payloads during the Burma campaign in 1945.The B-29 was the largest aircraft to have a significant operational role in World War II and remains the only aircraft in history to have ever used a nuclear weapon in combat.
H2X, eventually designated as the AN/APS-15, [2] was an American ground scanning radar system used for blind bombing during World War II.It was developed at the MIT Radiation Laboratory under direction of Dr. George E. Valley Jr. [3] to replace the less accurate British H2S radar, the first ground mapping radar to be used in combat. [4]