WW2 Tech

Radar allowed the U.S. to detect incoming enemy aircraft and ships long before visual contact.

The atomic bomb was developed under a secret U.S. project called Operation Thunderbolt.

The Higgins boat was essential to the success of amphibious landings like D-Day.

The U.S. had jet fighters in combat before Germany did.

American codebreakers cracked the Japanese naval code, leading directly to victory at the Battle of Midway.