WWII Science & Technology: The Race That Changed Everything - Part 1: WWII Science Timeline: Technologies That Shaped Victory
The Technologies That Won World War II This timeline shows how six key technologies—penicillin, radar, cryptography, the atomic bomb, the proximity fuze, and Nazi scientists—developed in parallel and ultimately determined the war’s outcome. 13 Years Penicillin Delay 1,600+ Nazi Scientists Recruited 10× Proximity Fuze Improvement $2.5B MIT Radar Research Medicine Radar Cryptography Nuclear Proximity Fuze Operation Paperclip Pre-War Foundations (1928–1938) 1928 Penicillin Discovered by Fleming A contaminated petri dish reveals antibiotics—then gets ignored for 13 years while millions die of infections. ...