History of Sorts

World War II saw rapid technological innovation in response to the needs of the various combatants. Many different weapons systems evolved as a result, but also data processing equipment. Machines such as this US Navy ‘Bombe’ (picture above)were used to assist cryptologists in deciphering German Enigma-machine encrypted secret messages during World War II. 1945.

Following are just some examples of weapons used during WWII on land, air and sea.

An American M4A2 carrying a Japanese Type 94 light-tank on its back, Namur, 1944.

Unfinished German Type XXI U-Boats at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen, Germany, 1945.

A German tank factory. 1940.

A British tank is pulled by a train from a Midlands factory bound for the Eastern Front to aid the Soviet Union. 1941.

Two lend-lease Bell P-63 “Kingcobra” aircraft flying over the Niagara falls. Note the Soviet stars on the fuselage of the airplanes. These planes are most likely…