Paul Kennedy Second World War Summary

The Second World War was a significant time period in World history and it is interesting to expand knowledge on the subject matter. Paul Kennedy’s main focus was to venture away from previous publications of World War Two and provide the reader with information about middle class people and technologies that contributed to the termination of the war from 1943 to roughly July of 1944. Most publications only will focus on names of important military generals and large scale battles such as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and in return, D Day. He believes that without certain technologies and motions made by the lesser known contributors, the war would have continued on for many years after 1945. The book is a publication of what mattered …show more content…
The Japanese had agreed to surrender before the decision was made to drop the first Atomic Bomb but the deal was they wanted to keep their current leader in charge otherwise they were not willing to forfeit. The United States felt that bombing two heavily populated military base cities would force the remaining Japanese population to surrender and we would help them establish a form of government that works. This in fact did not work out as planned. Hundreds of thousands of people died but in the end, the current emperor was still allowed to rule Japan. A lot of other beliefs are in fact just misconceptions that have been picked up throughout the years and the Author tries to steer people toward the little events that occurred during World War Two but still had a major impact on the defeat of Germany and …show more content…
They had radar technology that was capable of picking up the signal of these slow moving convoys and they were so large they made extremely easy targets. Underwater explosives are an extremely deadly force because they cannot be seen or heard like the technology of an air plane. At this time during the war, American industrialization had been in full swing designing new forms of firearms, planes, larger ships, the Atomic Bomb, the cavity magnetron, the hedgehog and many other helpful military tools. Many of these items, as well as North American troops, were being transported across the Atlantic and targeted by the Kriegsmarine. The invention of the cavity magnetron was a huge advantage to the allies helping to locate underwater ships and interfere with their radar devices, clearing the Atlantic seaways. The hedgehog was also described in the book as a multi headed grenade launcher that was mounted to the convoy ships. Basically the grenades just had to land close enough to the U boats and they were capable of forcing them to sink. High powered spot lights affixed to air crafts also helped the allies find the surfaced U boats that were recharging batteries for their radar. Small technologies that were developed by the allied forces turned out to be a huge success and ensured that military along with some of the most advanced weapons were able to