What are the Changes in transportation from World War 1 to World War 2?

Answer 1

Not as much as you might think. Most of the German artillery which went into Russia in 1941 was horse drawn. I don't think many horses made it back ! The US in particular produced many lorries in WW2 and of course the tracked vehicle became commonplace. Liddell-Hart suggests the German Blitkreig, Russia again, would have been much more effective had the support vehicles been tracked to keep pace with the Panzer units. WW2 is much more mobile, but the reason, 1 of them, for the viability of trench warfare in WW1 is the railway system bringing supplies to one same place (Combined with tinned food) The use of air power in WW2 is also massively transforming, there was no use in WW1 of passenger aircraft, they were not in existence. So really its the Lorry, the Tracked Vehicle & the Aeroplane which make the availability of movement so much greater in WW2.

Answer 2

Better weapons, vehicles, planes, boats (Uboats), Dogfights, many other more but the main on is WW2 was open fighting not in trenches, well they used trenches but not as much as WW1Did World War 2 change the world?

A large number of the returning military vets took advantage of the FREE University education that was offered to them by the Canadian Government. That significantly increased the number of professional degree holders who went on to become the Doctors, Engineers and others who contributed to boom in Canada throughout the 50's and 60's.

Another factor was the huge increase in births, from 1946 to 1960, as those same Vets fathered a record number of kids, all of whom would require new homes to live in, new schools to attend, new parks to play in and lots of new toys, clothes and food. New cars to ride in and new TV and appliances, and new stores to shop in. A BOOM time, with very low un-employment, and thousands of new houses and schools being built.

After as much as 6 years of being away from Canada, the veterans wanted peace and stability in the country, and demanded that the politicians make it work and run smoothly. Giant projects were begun like the LeDuc oil fields, and the St Lawrence Seaway, and the Distant Early Warning System of northern radar stations to give advance warning of possible Russian bomber attacks.

The industrial plants that had been building war-time equipment went back to making consumer goods like fridges and stoves, and cars. The new found incomes were used to buy new things, and the Canadian economy was BOOMING.

WWII greatly helped the role of women. Women, as soon as the war was started, were desperatley needed in the workforce after thousands of job vancancies opened up when the men went to war. Women were encouraged to leave their traditional house-wife roles of cooking, cleaning, and raising the children to work in munitions factories. Daycares were common at factories for the women's children to go to while they worked. These jobs eventually began increasing the women's pay; although this never equalled to the amount the men were making. But it was a start. By the end of the war, women were expected to go back to their traditional roles, but because of the jobs they took during the war they were becoming to be considered as EQUALS among the men.

Further...........Women joined all THREE services, Army, Navy, and Air Force, and were trained in many roles, to free up men for the fighting units. It was smart to put women in charge of running a office and typing orders, so men could be trained for combat trades. Women were also trained to be pilots, to ferry new bombers to Britain, across the Atlantic Ocean. That took guts.

Women showed that they COULD do most jobs and even the current Queen, Elizabeth, who was a young woman in 1941, was trained to drive an Ambulance, and also to FIX it. She did that job for 4 years, at no pay, to show the British people that the Royal family was doing "their bit" for the war effort.

Woman also showed that they could learn new skills, and work safely and quickly, around a factory, or a shipyard. Women in Toronto drove all the buses and streetcars, and did it well.

all the men came home and women also went back to the homes. Yes, women were still expected to depend on their husband and husbands do their role as the provider yet at the same time women were also expected to be stronger. They were expected to be stronger mentally and physically. Since the men were off at war they played the role of a single parent for most and not really knowing if their spouse would be returning. It was somewhat of a burden but at the same time gave them a part of power they never really had in the working world. As time moved on women were expected to be actually independent and that is the effect of the man not playing their role. You can look at it as if a female in the beginning of time started as a small child being feeble and naive, but as time moves on they become mature and grow into themselves and also realize what they can and will be.