[Dean Romig]

Originally Posted by Francis Morin

We won the War in the Pacific Theater- IMO- due to our developing technology- the proximity fuze, which reduced the number of shells required to kill a Zero fighter plane from 2600 to 400, the electric torpedo with the homing device, the thermite bomb, the great Corsair F4-U (a P-51 Mustang with retractable folding wings for carrier usage- again IMO) the Norden bombsight, the Manhattan project, :

Let us not forget the considerable military advantage we found ourselves in because of the inventions of RADAR and SONAR developed during the early days of the war.