L19 The Cost of Progress -Warfare and Tech

Question 1

Why Germany?

Answer 1

Germany was the first to use technoscience

Question 2

Why not American?

Answer 2

use pre-technoscience just for war, therefore after war Americans didn’t put effort on it

Question 3

scientia potentia est

Answer 3

knowledge is power

Question 4

Technoscience at work… In 5 years we had it all… (During WWII)

Answer 4

1. Atomic energy
2. Modern computers
3. Television
4. Radio controlled devices
5. Tape recorder
6. guided missiles
7. Jet power
8. Space rockets
9. modern design

Question 5

1944 Z4

Answer 5

first commercial - German has the first
personal computer

Question 6

1935 Magnetophon K1

Answer 6

the world’s first practical tape recorder.

Question 7

1930s Trenchard’s Doctrine (British)

Answer 7

destroy cities/kill civilians (it is cheaper) - instead of fighting with armies which is expensive

Question 8

Social Darwinism

Answer 8

biological theory to social/racial theory (weak will disappear strong will prevail)

Question 9

Capitalism

Answer 9

strong win weak lose

Question 10

Eugenics

Answer 10

human race to be improved by eliminating weak/unwanted

Question 11

first institution to use technoscience

Answer 11

Kaiser Wilhelm Institute

Question 12

Kaiser Wilhelm Institute

Answer 12

application of scientific theory and
technology to mass murder - ironic and tragic - horrific human experiments

Question 13

Holocaust and role of the West

Answer 13

they could stop it, but American refused due to the cost of bomb

Question 14

exchange for Nazi technologies

Answer 14

Protection of Nazi war criminals in US, Canada, and Britain

Question 15

Space shuttle (silver bird) 1940s

Answer 15

German’s reusable aircraft that can carry bomb

Question 16

The Avrocar

Answer 16

German ‘ufos’ - capture by American and ship to Canada - useless for military use

Question 17

Do 335 1944

Answer 17

Germany scientists had take the propeller to the maximum performance - not much impacted in the war

Question 18

Ju 287 (1944)

Answer 18

Jet bomber - 4 jets, 4 rockets - defined Clod war - a lot of bomber - tested in the Edmonton
during Cold War - reversed design of propeller - magically stable

Question 19

Ho 229 1945

Answer 19

3 x 1000 project - 1000km/h, 1000kg bomb

Question 20

VTOL aircraft

Answer 20

not ever built, only design existed

Question 21

Ba 349 (1945)

Answer 21

• 1 liquid 4 solid-fuel rockets - powerful, not stoppable, hard to control - has no problem going supersonic

Question 22

US F-86 & Mig-15

Answer 22

not copied but
they both used Germany design of Focke-Wulf Ta-183
(1945)