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History of Weapons That Changed the World
Weirdest Weapons of World War II
Military History 101 by Amber Dowdy
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(488)
This one time class will introduce students to some of the weirdest weapon innovations of World War II
Class experience
US Grade 3 - 6
Welcome to Weird Weapons of World War II. In this one-time class, learners will learn about some of the less than successful wartime innovations from the second World War. Students will be introduced to a variety of interesting inventions, including the following: The Bat Bomb (American Invention) The Balloon bomb (Japanese Invention) The Krummlauf (German Invention) The Panjandrum (British Invention) The Gustav Gun (German invention) The Ship Mounted Aerial Projectile Launcher (British...
This class is taught in English.
Students will learn about some of the less successful innovations of World War II.
The instructor is employed at a World War II submarine museum, and regularly works to educate students about military history through historically contextualized, and age appropriate information.
No supplies are required for this class.
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Most of these weapons did not see any combat action, however, the balloon bombs were used and a family in Oregon was killed when they encountered one of these explosives. This fact will be mentioned briefly in class, and will be contextualized with the statistics surrounding the deployment of these balloon bombs during the second World War. Additionally, the bat bomb does utilize actual bats in their explosive endeavors.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a228/1280861/ https://www.businessinsider.com/6-largest-guns-ever-used-in-combat-2017-9 https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/04/old-weird-tech-the-bat-bombs-of-world-war-ii/237267/ "Bat Bomb" by Jack Couffer https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/1945-japanese-balloon-bomb-killed-six-americansfive-them-children-oregon-180972259/ https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigation/japenese-balloon-bomb/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a21800/forgotten-weapons-wwii-curve-a-bullet/ https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/second-world-war-weapons-that-failed
Average rating:4.9Number of reviews:(488)
Welcome to Military History 101! My name is Amber, and I am the owner/head teacher of Military History 101 by Amber Dowdy. I have a degree in History from Grand Valley State University, which is located in Michigan, USA. Prior to becoming an...
Group Class
$13
per classMeets once
45 min
Completed by 116 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-12
3-13 learners per class
