American military technology during World War II US cruisers and battleships had their guns directed using information gathered from the ship's radar. American military technology during World War II American military technologies developed during World War II became more advanced and specialized as the war progressed. The technologies produced ranged in complexity from relatively simple items such as small arms and armored vehicles, including tanks, to more complex items such as the atomic bomb. The latter, produced under the secretive Manhattan Project, proved to be an incredibly powerful weapon that revolutionized warfare and was used to end the war. Other technologies, such as the M4 Sherman tank,
The Beginning Was the End book reprinted with an introduction by them. This met with no success, due to copyright issues. The book is now quite collectable. The Beginning Was the End The Beginning Was the End is a 1971 pseudo-scientific book written by Oscar Kiss Maerth that claims that mankind evolved from cannibalistic apes. Its premise: Maerth wrote the book in a Chinese monastery. It was first published in West Germany as "Der Anfang war das Ende – Der Mensch entstand durch Kannibalismus" (Econ Verlag GmbH, Düsseldorf und Wien, 1971), then translated by Judith Hayward and published in Great Britain by Michael Joseph, Ltd,