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Technological escalation during World War II was more in the Pacific, and invention of carrier-type aircraft such as the Mitsubishi Zero, largely considered the best plane of its time.
more on aircraft carriers and 1930s innovations in military technologies
== Command(Shipping, submarines, bombing, the draft, civilian labour in Germany vs. USA)
Air warfare
(Fighter planes vs. bombers), carrier battles and air attacks on ships in the Pacific - diminished role of the battleship.
(See List of military aircraft of the United States, List of aircraft of the WW2 Luftwaffe, List of military aircraft of Japan)
Beaches
(Island hopping, seaborne invasions Dieppe, Sicily and Normandy)
(Mass tank battles, e.g. Kursk)
Mobility
Extreme mobility (gliders, paratroops, bicycles, boats, landing craft,tanks)
Urban warfare
Horrifying city battles (Stalingrad, Berlin) and sieges (Leningrad, London) from ground and air.
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