When I was young, I saw the Second World War as primitive fights of the early 1900s. I was in grade-school back then so please, excuse my childish ignorance. I mean I came to that thinking after watching movies with my dad. Most of the WWII films are either in black and white, and with lead characters played by actors that my grandma could have adored. Propeller planes never turned me on, as well as retro battleships. Again, childish ignorance got the best of me.

Yet as I got older and got a degree in engineering, I slowly became fascinated with the hardware used in the Second World War. And as it turns out, they are not that primitive and clunky piece of antiques.

For one thing, modern day technologies both in everyday life and military weapons owed their existence from World War-2 technologies. Those years saw the birth of radars, jet powered aircrafts, modern day assault rifles and many more. Hitler’s delusional obsessions with wonder weapons that will soon bring him down did contributed to the advancement of modern-day technology. The same can be said to the Allies’ research and development.

I’m not really glorifying war. World War II did bring untold casualties and destruction. It’s just that people are good at coming up with clever ways to cut each other’s throats. And one of which is launching an aircraft to bomb enemy territories, from a submarine.