Invention Of D-Day: New Technologies And Science

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During D-Day, many new technologies and science were in use. To start off the whole battle attacking time was determined by the use of science. In 1942, British mathematician Arthur Thomas Doodson had worked on a machine that determines when the tides are the calmest, later on, this invention was used to determine the attack date and hour. Arthur has used math and the latest technology and science to develop this impressive machine. Another Invention that helped massively on D-Day was the invention of the Landing Craft. Land Crafters are thoroughly thought out when inverted it was perfect for the geography and use high-end technology to build it. On D-Day landing crafts carried soldiers, tanks and was used to carry thousand of war equipment and supplies. The benefit of a landing craft is that it can go all the way to the shore with a big carrying capacity. If this wasn’t invented D-Day would not be successful. Just like new technologies like the Land Crafter, a new kind of plane was invented know as the Horsa gliders. It specifically designed to transport supplies to troops safely. …show more content…
On D-day high end technology was used by the Nazis also, for example New kind of landmine were found called “teller mines” which prevented land crafter going too far up the shore and landing of

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