USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This name of the device-the cavity magnetron-may not be as recognizable as what it generates: microwaves. During World War II, the ability to produce shorter, or micro, wavelengths through the use of a cavity magnetron improved upon prewar radar technology and resulted in increased accuracy over greater distances.

Detailed explanation-2: -Radar, computers, penicillin and more all came out of development during the Second World War. Radar, computers, penicillin and more all came out of development during the Second World War. One of the most infamous World War II inventions is the atomic bomb.

Detailed explanation-3: -Radar, which is essentially “seeing” with radio waves, found dozens of other uses in the war. It was used to aim searchlights, then to aim anti-aircraft guns. It was put on ships, where it was used to navigate at night and through fog, to locate enemy ships and aircraft, and to direct gunfire.

Detailed explanation-4: -In September 1941, two years into the Second World War, the first secret radar system was installed at this new radar station ‘RAF Neatishead’. Initially, the complement of forty airmen and airwomen was billeted at a local village and training began on this radical early warning system.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first atomic bomb detonated over a populated area occurred on August 6, 1945 at 8:15 AM over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb name was Little Boy.