World War II Impacts

Technologies created during WWII to ensure victory found new applications as commercial items became staples of the American household in the years after the war's end. For example, considering military technology that had commercial significance after WWII, it is hard to overlook the cavity magnetron, a compact, hand-size device (Puiu). This technology aided World War II's victory and fundamentally altered how Americans cooked and enjoyed the food. The device's name, the cavity magnetron, may not be as well-known as what it produces: microwaves (Puiu). During WWII, the capacity to create reduced, or micro, wavelengths using a cavity magnetron advanced on pre-war radar systems, resulting in higher precision across longer distances. Radar technology was so important during World War II that some historians believe it assisted the Allies in achieving greater victory than any other technology item (Burton). After the war, cavity magnetron was used in new settings away from war crafts and aircraft carriers, becoming a popular fixture in American households.