Overtime there have been different ways combat has been conducted and the weapons that were used. Through the two world wars that occurred, we can see many different weapon races that the Allies and Axis Powers competed in. World War One and World War Two were very different wars in the sense of the tactics that were used. With that, technological advancements allowed weapons races to occur. Personal accounts of the wars display the pronounced effects that each weapon brought to the battle field in the two world wars. In both world wars, the tank in World War One, and aircraft in World War Two, would prove to be innovational and would distinctly affect the outcomes in each war. The first world war proved to be deadly and costly to countries all over the world. The war was described as a war of attrition, meaning the war that would be …show more content…
This aircraft was used by the United States and Royal Air Force in Europe and the Pacific during the war. It could reach a top speed of 390 miles per hour and could travel 730 miles. Additionally, it was armed with 1,000 pounds of explosives along with four machine gun. By 1944, the best model of the P-51 Mustang would be brought to the battlefield to match German fighters. It could fly up to 440 miles per hour and a top ceiling of 30,000 feet. Now it became effective as a fighter and a bomber escort. Having the two way effect would prove crucial in the aviation part of the war. At the beginning of the war, the Focke Wulf Fw 190A raided the air. However, the allies once again out developed the Axis Powers. The development and evolution of the P-51 Mustang developed the ability of fighting almost any fighter. The aircraft shot down a confirmed total of 4,950 Axis aircraft during the war and flew 213,873 missions. The P-51 Mustang Proved crucial to help defending Allied lines and pushing deep into German lines and weakening the Axis