Supersonic to nuclear: 7 game-changing weapons developed during World War II

World War II produced a series of breakthrough weapons, including Germany’s V-2 rocket, Me 262 jet fighter, Type XXI U-boat, and Mistel composite aircraft.

Britain’s bouncing bomb and the U.S. Bat guided bomb showed early advances in precision strike technology.

The Manhattan Project’s atomic bomb changed warfare forever and opened the nuclear age.

These weapons helped shape postwar aviation, missiles, submarines, guided munitions, and nuclear strategy.