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1. Second World War

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   Technological and Ideological Dimensions
   The Second World War saw an accelerated integration of science and industrial capacity into warfare. Advances included the development and initial deployment of nuclear weapons by the U.S. (the Manhattan Project), which brought the war to a swift close in the Pacific. Radar technology proved crucial in the Battle of Britain, while German development of jet aircraft and rocketry (such as the V-2 rocket) marked the beginning of the post-war space race.
   Ideologically, the war was framed by the bellig…