World War II Weapons

World War II Weapons — page 1 — abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2016 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Essential Library is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 05 2015 092015 THIS BOOK CONTAINS RECYCLED MATERIALS Cover Photos AP Images Interior Photos AP Images 1 3 6 8 16 23 26 31 36 39 48 51 53 63 66 78 83 B6 88 91 97 98 top 98 bottom 99 bottom Berliner Verlag Archiv Picture Alliance DPA AP Images 11 47 58 PFC Phillip Scheer US Marine Corp History Division 15 ClassicStock Corbis 20 Shutterstock Images 25 43 Public Domain 29 US Army Signal Corps 34 Archiv Neumann Picture Alliance DPA AP Images 44 Ordnance Corps Training and Heritage Center Fort Lee VA 55 Bettmann Corbis 60 68 76 99 top US Navy AP Images 73 75 Hulton Deutsch Collection Corbis 81 Picture Alliance DPA AP Images 93 Editor Karen Latchana Kenney Series Designers Kelsey Oseid and Maggie Villaume Library of Congress Control Number 2015931118 Cataloging in Publication Data Ringstad Arnold World War II weapons Arnold Ringstad p cm Essential library of World War II Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978 1 62403 799 3 1 Military weapons History 20th century Juvenile literature 2 World War 1939 1945 Equipment and supplies Juvenile literature I Title 940 54 dc23 2015931118

World War II Weapons — page 2 — CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 WAGING A NEW WAR CHAPTER R2 SMALL ARMS CHAPTER 3 HEAVY WEAPONS CHAPTER 4 LONG RANGE DESTRUCTION CHAPTER 5 ROLLING ARMOR CHAPTER 6 THE WAR AT SEA CHAPTER 7 THE RISE OF CARRIERS CHAPTER 8 WINNING THE SKY CHAPTER 9 A BLOODY END TIMELINE ESSENTIAL FACTS 10 GLOSSARY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SOURCE NOTES INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR ABOUT THE

World War II Weapons — page 3 — a PL SA German Ju 87 dive bombers in formation 1940

World War II Weapons — page 4 — CHAPTED WAGING A NEW WAR On September 1 1939 hundreds of German Ju 87 dive bombers flew over the Polish border symbolic of a new powerful German air force Clearing the path for a German invasion of Poland they were striking some of the first blows of World War II 1939 1945 Groups of the two man single winged aircraft nicknamed the Stuka began a relentless assault on Poland's military infrastructure and people Pilots flew high to locate targets and then took steep vertical dives toward them Air brakes slowed their descent and allowed pilots to zero in on the targets Vertical dive bombing was up to four times as accurate as dropping bombs while flying level Wind powered d sirens attached to each plane s landing gear generated a distinctive howling noise designed to terrify those on

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